Re: DXWG Plenary 2020-11-17T21:00:00

Hey all, I’m sorry but I just got smacked with an emergency fix that I need to make for a user-facing tool, so I have to send regrets.
-Annette

> On Nov 14, 2020, at 6:51 AM, Peter Winstanley <pedro.win.stan@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Colleagues
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> The next plenary meeting of the working group is 2020-11-17 at 21:00 UTC
> The Chair of the meeting is still to be confirmed.
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> The draft agenda is published at https://www.w3.org/2017/dxwg/wiki/Meetings:Telecon2020.11.17 <https://www.w3.org/2017/dxwg/wiki/Meetings:Telecon2020.11.17>
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> Please note the item relating to the patent policy - a decision needs to be made.
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> As a reminder of the issues, please re-visit the minutes of the last meeting - https://www.w3.org/2020/11/03-dxwg-minutes <https://www.w3.org/2020/11/03-dxwg-minutes> 
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> An extract of the key points:
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> We have a WG charter ( https://www.w3.org/2020/02/dx-wg-charter.html <https://www.w3.org/2020/02/dx-wg-charter.html>  ) regulating what we do. which links to the process doc - now 2020.
> … It also links to the patent policy, which is what you agreed to when joining the WG.
> … W3C did a major update to the patent policy back in Sep, concerning patent commitments.
> … Now it says that every time a call for exclusion is triggered, licensing commitments should not be present.
> … And this applies also to "living standards" - the standards that get updated in an agile way.
> … For us this means we have the option of adopting the new patent policy in December.
> … If we do that, the director will send a new charter, and this will require you to rejoin.
> … The other option is do nothing, and adopt the new patent policy when we re-charter the WG in 2022.
> … PLH recommends that we move to the new patent policy.
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> Please either be able to make a decision at the meeting, or else indicate how you would like to vote if you cannot make the meeting [perhaps add to the agenda]
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> Regards
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> Peter & Ana