Call for Exclusions: Media Capture and Streams

Dear Advisory Committee representative,

This is a W3C Patent Policy Call for Exclusions for the following
Recommendation Track document:

- Media Capture and Streams
   (http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-mediacapture-streams-20160519/),
   exclusion opportunity ending on 18 July 2016 23:59 UTC


This specification was produced by the following groups:
  - Device and Sensors Working Group
  - Web Real-Time Communications Working Group

If you do not wish to exclude patent claims during this exclusion
opportunity, no further action is required. Member participants who think
their organization may have patent claims to exclude should contact their
Advisory Committee Representative.

This Recommendation Track document is being developed under the 2015 W3C
Process Document (since 2014, it combines former Last Call and Candidate
Recommendation requirements under the single label "Candidate
Recommendation."  For more information, see:
  https://www.w3.org/wiki/ProcessTransition2015)

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 18 July 2016
23:59 UTC to exclude patent claims reading on this Candidate
Recommendation. In this exclusion opportunity, exclusions are limited to
matter in the Candidate Recommendation that was not present or apparent in
these drafts:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-mediacapture-streams-20150414/
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-mediacapture-streams-20120628/


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 one of the following forms:
Device and Sensors Working Group:
  https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/43696/exclude
Web Real-Time Communications Working Group:
  https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/47318/exclude

Summary information for these groups related to the W3C Patent Policy is
available at:
Device and Sensors Working Group:
  http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/43696/status
Web Real-Time Communications Working Group:
  http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/47318/status

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact,
for the Device and Sensors Working Group:
* Dominique Hazaël-Massieux at dom@w3.org
for the Web Real-Time Communications Working Group:
* Dominique Hazaël-Massieux at dom@w3.org
* Vivien Lacourba at vivien@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;
Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications

[1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-exclusion-with

Received on Thursday, 19 May 2016 14:56:10 UTC