Can a Working Group have some deliverables under the W3C Patent Policy and others under the CPP?
A Working Group cannot operate under the CPP and produce (some) deliverables under the W3C Patent Policy. Once a Working Group has adopted the W3C Patent Policy, new deliverables are developed under that policy. Existing deliverables are treated as follows, per section two of the Patent Policy Transition Procedure: The licensing obligations (sections 3, 4 and 5) of the W3C Patent Policy will apply to any existing Recommendation track document that has not reached Candidate Recommendation as of the date the new charter comes into effect (i.e., the date of the Director’s announcement that the charter has been approved). Otherwise, the licensing requirements of the previous patent policy (most recently, the CPP) apply.
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