Re: Group status...

On Monday, April 29, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Andrea Giammarchi wrote:

> yep, I remember asking once what did "everybody can join" mean in the main W3 groups page :-)

AFAIK, "everyone can join" (™*… terms and conditions apply) means:  

1. if you are not already a W3C member, you can join as an individual and not represent any company (or choose to represent a company, even if not a W3C member).
  
2. if you are a w3c member, you need to ask your AC rep (same as joining a WG).  
  
> No idea how I managed this time to get in without too many troubles ... I feel lucky now (so yes, that is unfortunately a common problem)

Barrier of entry for people is lower for CGs than WG. At least people have the choice to represent themselves so long as they make the appropriate licensing commitments when required to do so (does not apply to this group - but see http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/cla/).  

Received on Monday, 29 April 2013 18:15:43 UTC