The table below summarizes the commitments under the W3C Patent Policy from current and former Participants for this specification.
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.
Non-Members may also make licensing commitments for this specification; 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference | ||
| Asemantics S.R.L. [non-Member. Per ] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Boeing Company [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| CA [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Creative Commons [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| DERI Galway at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Deutsche Natinalbibliothek (DNB) [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Fundación CTIC [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild (IWA-HWG) [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| K-Space [non-Member. Per ] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Library of Congress [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Mayo Clinic [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Sandpiper Software, Inc. [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Stanford University [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| TopQuadrant [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| University of Aberdeen, Computing Science [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| University of Manchester [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Vrije Universiteit [Member] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Ivan Herman [Team] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Jon Phipps [Inv. Exp.] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Thomas Roessler [Team] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Margherita Sini [Inv. Exp.] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| Ralph Swick [Team] | Committed to W3C RF licensing as of 02 June 2012 | Extends to latest version |
| BoaB interactive Pty Ltd [non-Member. Per ] | RF Commitment stopped on 02 January 2010 | Commitment stops as of version dated of 2009-08-18 |
| Citigroup [non-Member. Per ] | RF Commitment stopped on 16 January 2009 | Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-08-29 |
| George Washington University (historical record) [non-Member. Per ] | RF Commitment stopped on 02 April 2009 | Commitment stops as of version dated of 2009-03-17 |
| Indus Net Technologies [non-Member. Per ] | RF Commitment stopped on 04 June 2008 | Commitment stops as of version dated of 2008-06-09 |
| Institut fuer wissenschaftliche Information e.V. [non-Member. Per ] | RF Commitment stopped on 08 January 2008 | Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD |
| OMFICA.org [non-Member. Per ] | RF Commitment stopped on 03 October 2009 | Commitment stops as of version dated of 2009-08-18 |
| STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council) [non-Member. Per ] | RF Commitment stopped on 06 January 2010 | Commitment stops as of version dated of 2009-08-18 |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc. [non-Member. Per ] | RF Commitment stopped on 12 February 2008 | Doesn't apply since participant left the group before 90 days after the FPWD |
| University of Innsbruck [non-Member. Per ] | RF Commitment stopped on 06 January 2010 | Commitment stops as of version dated of 2009-08-18 |
| Manu Sporny [Inv. Exp.] | RF Commitment stopped on 01 January 2010 | Commitment stops as of version dated of 2009-08-18 |
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).