Just making sure I haven't read the ToC wrongly... Could someone please explain in plain English the difference between joining this group as an individual, or as a rep of my company? Kay On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, Marcos Caceres wrote: > > > > On Monday, April 29, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Andrea Giammarchi wrote: > > > yep, I remember asking once what did "everybody can join" mean in the > main W3 groups page :-) > > AFAIK, "everyone can join" (™*… terms and conditions apply) means: > > 1. if you are not already a W3C member, you can join as an individual and > not represent any company (or choose to represent a company, even if not a > W3C member). > > 2. if you are a w3c member, you need to ask your AC rep (same as joining a > WG). > > > No idea how I managed this time to get in without too many troubles ... > I feel lucky now (so yes, that is unfortunately a common problem) > > Barrier of entry for people is lower for CGs than WG. At least people have > the choice to represent themselves so long as they make the appropriate > licensing commitments when required to do so (does not apply to this group > - but see http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/cla/). > > > > >
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