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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 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Baidu, Inc. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
BarrierBreak Technologies [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Bartimeus - Accessibility [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Boeing Company [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Centro de Treinamento iLearn [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Design Science, Inc. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Fundación ONCE [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Future Web Technology Labs Inc. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Google, Inc. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
HiSoftware Inc. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
IBM Corporation [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild (IWA-HWG) [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Library of Congress [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Microsoft Corp. [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Oracle Corporation [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
SAP AG [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Temesis [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Tencent [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Université catholique de Louvain [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Vision Australia [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Shadi Abou-Zahra [Team] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Bruce Bailey [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Chris Beer [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Denis Boudreau [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Judy Brewer [Team] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Vivienne Conway [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Michael Cooper [Team] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Iyad Abu Doush [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Michael Elledge [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Bengt Farre [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Steve Faulkner [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Detlev Fischer [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Vincent François [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Alistair Garrison [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Jon Gunderson [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Katie Haritos-Shea [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Allen Hoffman [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
John Kirkwood [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
David MacDonald [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Joshue O Connor [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Mike Pluke [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Kerstin Probiesch [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Janina Sajka [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Adam Solomon [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Jeanne F Spellman [Team] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Christophe Strobbe [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Sarah J Swierenga [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Makoto Ueki [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Mary Utt [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Gregg Vanderheiden [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Kathleen Wahlbin [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Daman Wandke [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Richard Warren [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Elle Waters [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Léonie Watson [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
ANEC European Association for the Co-ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation [non-Member. Per ] RF Commitment stopped on 05 April 2011 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-12-11
AOL LLC [non-Member. Per ] RF Commitment stopped on 15 May 2009 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-12-11
Boeing Company [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Fundación CTIC [Member] RF Commitment stopped on 18 October 2007 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2007-05-17
International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild (IWA-HWG) [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Internet Technology Research Committee (ITRC) [non-Member. Per ] RF Commitment stopped on 02 July 2009 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-12-11
Media Access Australia [Member] RF Commitment stopped on 13 April 2012 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-12-11
Mitsue-Links Co., Ltd. [Member] RF Commitment stopped on 28 July 2005 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2005-06-30
Segala [non-Member. Per ] RF Commitment stopped on 10 October 2008 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-04-30
Tencent [Member] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
ThinkCo Ltd [non-Member. Per ] RF Commitment stopped on 02 September 2010 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-12-11
Top4Office [non-Member. Per ] RF Commitment stopped on 01 August 2009 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-12-11
University of Manchester [Member] RF Commitment stopped on 23 January 2008 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2007-12-11
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 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2006-04-27
Doyle Burnett [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 13 September 2005 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2005-06-30
Ben Caldwell [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 24 September 2010 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-12-11
Sofia Celic-Li [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 03 December 2010 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-12-11
Wendy Chisholm [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 12 July 2006 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2006-04-27
Joe Clark [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 07 October 2005 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2005-06-30
Michael Elledge [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Bengt Farre [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Alistair Garrison [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Karl Groves [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 21 April 2009 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-12-11
Yvette Hoitink [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 06 February 2007 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2006-04-27
David MacDonald [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Matthew May [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 14 January 2006 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2005-11-23
Jens Meiert [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 10 March 2006 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2005-11-23
Chris Ridpath [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 06 February 2007 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2006-04-27
Gian Sampson-Wild [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 21 July 2006 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2006-04-27
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.] RF Commitment stopped on 25 April 2008 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-04-30
Diane Stottlemyer [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 18 August 2006 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2006-04-27
Makoto Ueki [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Elle Waters [Inv. Exp.] Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 01 June 2012 Extends to latest version
Jason White [Inv. Exp.] RF Commitment stopped on 13 September 2005 Commitment stops as of version dated of 2005-06-30

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