W3C Group Participation Home

Licensing commitments for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group's specifications

The table below summarizes the commitments from current and former Participants on the various specifications covered by the Patent Policy for this group. This table does not list specifications the group may have developed under the Current Patent Policy Note.

Per section 4.2 of the W3C Patent Policy a Participant may resign from the Working Group within 90 days after the publication of the first public Working Draft and be excused from all licensing commitments arising out of Working Group participation. You may use this form to resign from the group if you have already made the licensing commitment.

Non-Members may also make licensing commitments for this group; please see the instructions for non-Members. Note: W3C takes no position regarding the validity or scope of licensing commitments from non-Members; non-Members are not bound by the W3C Member Agreement.

Name Licensing Commitment Status Licensing commitments for
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
Adobe Systems Inc. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
ANEC European Association for the Co-ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
AOL LLC [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Bartimeus - Accessibility [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Boeing Company [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Centro de Treinamento iLearn [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Design Science, Inc. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Fundación ONCE [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Google, Inc. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
HiSoftware Inc. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
IBM Corporation [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild (IWA-HWG) [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Internet Technology Research Committee (ITRC) [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Microsoft Corp. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Oracle Corporation [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
SAP AG [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Segala [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
ThinkCo Ltd [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Top4Office [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Vision Australia [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Bruce Bailey [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Judy Brewer [Team] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Ben Caldwell [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Sofia Celic [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Wendy Chisholm [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Michael Cooper [Team] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Bengt Farre [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Karl Groves [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Katie Haritos-Shea [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
David MacDonald [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
John Slatin [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Jeanne Spellman [Team] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Christophe Strobbe [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Makoto Ueki [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Gregg Vanderheiden [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Boeing Company [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Fundación CTIC (Centro Tecnológico para el Desarrollo en Asturias de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación) [Member] RF Commitment stopped on 18 October 2007 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild (IWA-HWG) [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. [Member] RF Commitment stopped on 28 July 2005 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Segala [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
University of Manchester [Member] RF Commitment stopped on 23 January 2008 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
University of Sunderland [non-Member. Per ] RF Commitment stopped on 05 June 2008 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-04-30
Watchfire [non-Member. Per ] RF Commitment stopped on 14 April 2007 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Doyle Burnett [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 13 September 2005 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Joe Clark [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 07 October 2005 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Bengt Farre [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Alistair Garrison [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 13 September 2005 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Yvette Hoitink [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 06 February 2007 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
David MacDonald [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Matthew May [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 14 January 2006 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Jens Meiert [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 10 March 2006 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Chris Ridpath [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 06 February 2007 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Gian Sampson-Wild [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 21 July 2006 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Lisa Seeman [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 14 March 2008 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2007-12-11
John Slatin [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Diane Stottlemyer [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 18 August 2006 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD
Makoto Ueki [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 05 September 2008 Extends to latest version
Jason White [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 13 September 2005 Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD

Note: All actions carried out through this system are reported by email to the relevant parties; copies are sent to w3c-archive@w3.org (Member-readable archive).


Developed and maintained by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux (dom@w3.org).
$Id: showCommitments.php,v 1.57 2007/10/03 07:47:00 dom Exp $
Please send bug reports and request for enhancements to dom@w3.org