Call for Exclusions (Update): Web Annotation Protocol

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

This update establishes the reference draft of the current W3C Patent
Policy exclusion opportunity for:

- Web Annotation Protocol
   (http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-annotation-protocol-20150702/),
   exclusion opportunity ending on 29 November 2015 23:59 UTC


This specification was produced by the Web Annotation Working Group.

If you do not wish to exclude patent claims during this exclusion
opportunity, no further action is required. Member participants who think
their organization may have patent claims to exclude should contact their
Advisory Committee Representative.

Participants have until 29 November 2015 23:59 UTC to exclude claims
reading on this Recommendation track document; excluded claims are not
subject to the licensing requirements of the W3C Patent Policy for this
document. For more information about exclusions, please see
   http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Exclusion

To make exclusions, please use the following form:
   https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/73180/exclude


See section 4.1 of the Patent Policy [1] for more information about
exclusion with continued participation.

    Web Annotation Protocol
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-annotation-protocol-20150702/


All Participants currently in the Working Group have made Royalty-Free
licensing commitments for this document. Participants wishing to resign
 from this group should review licensing obligations and exclusion
opportunities described in section 4.2 of the Patent Policy [2].

Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
  http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/73180/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the Web Annotation Working Group:
  * Doug Schepers at schepers@w3.org
  * Ivan Herman at ivan@w3.org

For more information on the W3C Patent Policy and patent claim
exclusions, see:
   http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq

Thank you,

For Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director;
Coralie Mercier, W3C Communications

[1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-with
[2]  
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-resign

-- 
Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Marketing & Communications -  http://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +336 4322 0001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/

Received on Thursday, 1 October 2015 09:03:02 UTC