Licensing commitments from non-W3C Members

Organizations that are not W3C Members may make licensing commitments for the deliverables of a W3C Working Group. To do so, the organization should have an individual authorized to make such licensing commitments submit a signed statement to W3C, on the organization's letterhead. W3C will review the statement and send instructions by electronic mail for that person to make the actual commitments.

W3C encourages organizations and individuals who are not W3C Members or participants in W3C Working Groups to make the same Patent Policy licensing commitments as W3C Participants; see the Business Benefits of the W3C Patent Policy.

Please note that these instructions only apply for organizations that are not W3C Members.

What to Include in the Statement

The statement must include (see sample):

The name of the organization;
The name of the individual authorized to make licensing commitments;
The position of that individual within the organization (e.g., "Senior Patent Counsel");
The individual's signature and date of signature;
The individual's telephone number and email address.

Where to Send the Statement

Signed statements are sent to:

Steve Bratt, W3C
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Building 32-G515
Cambridge, MA 02319
USA

Sample Statement

I, ____________________________________ [Name of Authorized Individual],

am authorized to make licensing commitments on behalf of _____________________________
[Organization Name].

Signature: ______________________________________

Position: ______________________________________

Date: ______________________________________

Contact information

Telephone number: _________________________

Email address: _________________________

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).