How does the term “participant” in the Patent Policy relate to the term “participant” in the W3C Process Document?
Section 3.1 of the Patent Policy states: As a condition of participating in a Working Group, each participant (W3C Members, W3C Team members, invited experts, and members of the public) shall agree to make available under W3C RF licensing requirements any Essential Claims related to the work of that particular Working Group. In the patent policy, “participant” means “a Member organization”, “the Team as an organization”, or “invited expert”. In the Process Document, “participant” always refers to an individual, who may be a Member representative, Team representative, or invited expert. For the purposes of the patent policy, the licensing requirements apply at the organizational level for the Members and Team, and at the individual level for invited experts.
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