- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:02:22 -0400
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>, dschulze@adobe.com, SVG WG <public-svg-wg@w3.org>, SVG public list <www-svg@w3.org>, W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <public-pfwg@w3.org>
Bjoern: Bjoern Hoehrmann writes: > * Michael Cooper wrote: > >By tying the deliverable to a single Working Group that everyone joins, > >we are getting clear patent commitments from the people who join the > >work. The alternative is a joint task force in which some people have > >made a PF patent commitment, and others have made an SVG patent > >commitment - it's more vague about what the actual commitment to the > >specific work is. > > Could you explain why the SVG WG and PFWG cannot, like other groups do, > publish the document jointly, or how that would be worse if the goal is > to maximise chances that the result can be implemented royality-free? > -- I think you misunderstand. Let me try to explain. * We are proposing joint publication. This means that PF and Svg * would each need to agree to the publication, at each significant * stage, e.g. FPWD, Last Call, CR, etc. * We do intend that the result can be implemented * royalty free, as you suggest. However, there is a specific W3C * process, required of all W3C Working Groups operating under the * W3C Patent Policy, which is to expressly seek any patend disclosures, * should anyone assert such. There is a FAQ that may be helpful: http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq.html and especially http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq.html#joint I would note that SVG and PF both operate under the W3C Patent Policy: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/2012/charter.html#patentpolicy http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/charter201006.html#patentpolicy So, I'm unclear what you mean when you say: "Could you explain why the SVG WG and PFWG cannot, like other groups do, publish the document jointly, or how that would be worse ..." What other groups? Janina > Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de > Am Badedeich 7 · Telefon: +49(0)160/4415681 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de > 25899 Dagebüll · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/ -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
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