- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:54:22 -0700
- To: Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net>
- Cc: W3C Process Community Group <public-w3process@w3.org>, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>
> On Sep 11, 2019, at 15:20 , Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net> wrote: >> Normal operating mode in the WHATWG is that it operates as an open-source-style project and expects contributions from non-group-members, so a contribution license was essential. For wjatever reason (I don’t recall), it’s applied to everyone, even those who will go into whole-spec. agreement at the next snapshot. > > I'm not sure that's right, as I understand, the WHATWG does not distinguish between "group members" and external people. To make a contribution, you have to first become a Workstream participant, which binds you to the IPR policy as well. It distinguishes (at least on paper) Contributors from Workstream Participants "All Contributors make commitments regarding copyrights; all Contributors (including Workstream Participants who make Contributions) make additional patent-licensing commitments regarding Essential Patent Claims on Contributions; Workstream Participants make additional patent-licensing commitments regarding Review Drafts.” [1] [1] https://whatwg.org/ipr-policy David Singer Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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