- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 08:55:22 -0500
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, Alexandre Bertails <bertails@w3.org>
On 4 Mar 2010, at 4:16 PM, Ian Jacobs wrote: > Dear Advisory Committee representative, > > This is a W3C Patent Policy Call for Exclusions for the following > Recommendation Track document: > > - HTML: The Markup Language > (http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/), > exclusion opportunity ending on 1 August 2010 23:59 UTC Dear Advisory Committee Representative, This exclusion opportunity is hereby canceled. The HTML Markup Language is "informative-only" and thus does not provide opportunities at this time for exclusions. The Call for Exclusions was sent in error at publication time. I apologize for any inconvenience. _ Ian Jacobs > > > This specification was produced by the HTML Working Group. > > If you do not wish to exclude patent claims during this exclusion > opportunity, no further action is required. > > Participants made a Royalty-Free licensing commitment upon joining > this > Working Group. With the publication of this document, per section > 4.1 of > the Patent Policy [1] Participants have an opportunity until 1 August > 2010 23:59 UTC to exclude patent 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: > http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/40318/exclude > > The Patent Policy anticipates that the document will evolve during > the 90 > days following the first publication. Per section 4.1 of the Patent > Policy [1], whatever draft is available on 2 June 2010 establishes > the > reference material [3] for the purposes of this exclusion opportunity. > Just after 2 June 2010, we will send a reminder and identify the > reference draft. Due to the anticipated instability of the document > prior > to 2 June 2010, Participants may wish to exclude any claims only > after > publication of the reference draft (and no later than the end of the > exclusion opportunity). > > Per section 4.2 of the Patent Policy [2], a Participant may resign > from > the Working Group before 2 June 2010 and be excused from all > licensing > commitments arising out of Working Group participation. > > To resign from the Working Group before 2 June 2010, please use the > following form: > http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/40318/join > > Summary information for this group related to the W3C Patent Policy is > available at: > http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/40318/status > > If you have any questions or need further information, please contact, > for the HTML Working Group: > * Michael(tm) Smith at mike@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; > Ian Jacobs, Head of 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 > [3] http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq#exclusion-date > -- > Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ > Tel: +1 718 260 9447 > > -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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