- From: Tobie Langel <tobie.langel@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:43:01 +0100
- To: spec-prod@w3.org
Good call! —tobie Mar 03 janv 2023, à 14:21, Coralie Mercier a écrit : > Dear all, > > Further to feedback and internal discussion, we made the last minute > change to remove “Inc.” from the copyright statement that will apply to > /TR new docs after January 2023. > > Rationale: There is no legal requirement that the legal structure of > the Consortium needs to appear in the copyright statement, and since > several people internally and externally shared with us a worry that > using “Inc.” or “Incorporated” might mislead people or trigger > inadequate associations. Because we will continue to develop web > standards and specifications according to the same Process Document, > there is no need to create any confusion, so “Inc.” was removed from > the copyright notice that will apply to new documents in 2023 after the > grace period. > > All of the requirements and guidelines for W3C specifications > publication are part of “PubRules” which our Webmaster Denis has > already updated. Here is the section on copyright: > https://www.w3.org/pubrules/doc/rules/?profile=WD#copyright > > Tab, Denis will (if he hasn’t already) take care of updating the pull > request for Bikeshed. > > Happy new year, everyone! > > Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications > > >> On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:24:40 -0500, Philippe Le Hegaret wrote: >> >> All, >> >> The copyright notice of W3C will become, starting January 1st 2023: >> [[ >> <p class="copyright"><a >> href=" >> https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright >> ">Copyright</a> >> © 2023 <a href=" >> https://www.w3.org/ >> "> World Wide Web Consortium, >> Inc.</a>. W3C<sup>®</sup> <a >> href=" >> https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Legal_Disclaimer >> ">liability</a>, >> <a >> href=" >> https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#W3C_Trademarks >> ">trademark</a> >> and <a >> href=" >> https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software >> ">permissive >> document license</a> rules apply.</p> >> ]] >> >> >> Documents published in >> https://www.w3.org/TR >> will have one month to >> update the copyright notice in publication. We will start rejecting >> documents with the improper notice after January 2023. >> >> If you use respec or bikeshed, those tools should take care of this for >> you. Make sure to update them before the end of January if you have a >> local copy. >> >> Associated pull requests: >> Respec: >> >> https://github.com/w3c/respec/pull/4332 >> >> Bikeshed: >> >> https://github.com/tabatkins/bikeshed-boilerplate/pull/30 >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> Philippe > > -- > Coralie Mercier - Head of W3C Marketing & Communications > mailto:coralie@w3.org - https://www.w3.org/People/Coralie/
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