[Please review] Revised UAWG charter

Hello,

Please review the revised UAWG charter [1]. The
only changes since the previous discussion of
the charter (20 Dec 2001 [2]) are in the IPR section.
This section has been updated to reflect W3C's "Current
Patent Practice" [3]. Similar language has been included in
recent charters for the Web Services Activity.

Please note in particular the following paragraph:

   "Members of the Working Group are expected to disclose
    any intellectual property they have in the area. This
    WG will work on a royalty-free basis, as defined in
    the W3C Current Patent Practice document. The Working
    Group is thus obliged to produce a specification which
    relies only on intellectual property available on a
    royalty-free basis."

We can discuss this revision at today's teleconference.

  - Ian

[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/charter-20011218
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2001OctDec/0135
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/patent-practice
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Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org)   http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
Tel:                     +1 718 260-9447

Received on Thursday, 14 February 2002 08:27:35 UTC