Re: Option 3

On 2011 Mar 09, at 07:27, Smylers wrote:

> Doug Jones writes:
> 
>> - Any work describing a change to how something in the W3C HTML5
>>  specification is to behave (like adding an attribute to an element)
>>  by changing only that part of the wording and
>>     -- republishing the work as the W3C HTML5 *or* the HTML5
>>        specification is *not* permitted.
>>     -- publishing it as a separate document not claiming to be a
>>        technical specification is OK, although not authorized.
>>     -- publishing it as a separate document *and* claiming to be a
>>        technical specification and not including or implying 'HTML' or
>>        'W3C' in the title is OK, although not authorized.
> 
> Hi. I'm still struggling to follow this. What's the difference
> between 'OK' and 'authorized'?
> 
> Surely I am either permitted to do something with the spec text or I am
> not -- I don't understand what the third category is.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Smylers
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> 


Within Lawrence Rosen's reply to Ian is

"So W3C probably can't actually use copyright law to prevent the forking of a
specification no matter how desperately some W3C members want to do that.
But don't demand that W3C give you explicit permission to do so. That is
demanding too much of a standards organization that also has its trademarks
to protect."

So my 'OK' is that you can publish, but it is without the explicit permission (authorization) of the W3C.

-Doug Jones

Received on Wednesday, 9 March 2011 14:19:26 UTC