Canceled [Was: Call for Exclusions - HTML: The Markup Language]

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
>
>

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Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org)    http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
Tel:                                      +1 718 260 9447

Received on Tuesday, 11 May 2010 13:56:14 UTC