Re: CfC: switch to new W3C Patent Policy for the group - deadline 26 November

This CfC has passed although I note that the deadline for the survey got 
pushed by a week to account for US' holidays season, until this coming 
Friday, so you still have a few more days to raise concerns if any.

Thanks,
Francois


------ Original message ------
From: "Francois Daoust" <fd@w3.org>
To: "public-secondscreen@w3.org" <public-secondscreen@w3.org>
Cc: "Kostiainen, Anssi" <anssi.kostiainen@intel.com>
Date: 18/11/2020 12:07:12

>Hi Second Screen WG participants,
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>This is call for consensus to switch the group to the new W3C Patent Policy [1]. Deadline is 26 November (to be able to meet the deadline to actually request the switch!). See below for details. Let me know if you have concerns or questions. Silence is considered to be consent.
>
>Details:
>As mentioned during TPAC and alluded to in a previous email [2], along with the new Process, the W3C has also adopted a new version of its Patent Policy, which was reviewed and approved by the Advisory Committee. All new groups will operate under the new patent policy. Existing groups have an opportunity to request switching to the new Patent Policy right away. If they don't, they will continue to operate under the previous version of the W3C Patent Policy until they re-charter.
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>The main change is that, under the new patent policy, royalty-free commitments apply earlier, at the Candidate Recommendation phase, and not only at the Recommendation phase. In non legal terms, the new patent policy encourages implementations and usage earlier on.
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>If the group agrees to switch to the new patent policy, a new charter will be issued early December. Only change in that charter will be the patent policy. The end date, the scope, the list of deliverables, and everything else will remain untouched. The adoption of this new charter will be automatic (the new charter will not be sent to the advisory committee for review in particular). The only hiccup is that participants will have to re-join the WG afterwards.
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>I note that your respective organizations have already reviewed the new Patent Policy and thus should already be fine with it. Also, regardless of what the group decides today, it will have to switch to the new patent policy next time it re-charters. For the Second Screen WG, that would be end of December 2021.
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>Thanks,
>Francois.
>
>[1] https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20200915/
>[2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-secondscreen/2020Oct/0049.html
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Received on Monday, 30 November 2020 09:24:00 UTC