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This Incubator Group is proposed by [at least three W3C Members]:
This Incubator Group is chartered through D Month YYYY.
This Incubator Group operates according to W3C Incubator Group Procedures. [Explain any differences.] All technical work is on a [Member-only or public] mailing list and Web pages. [If the XG's proceedings are public, add the following sentence: Please note that the proceedings of this Incubator Group (mailing list archives, minutes, etc.) are publicly visible.]
This Incubator Group makes decisions by consensus, manages dissent and maintains standing of its participants according to the W3C Process Document. [Specify any additional mechanisms for expediting the handling of dissent, and the power given to the Chair to keep the XG within scope and schedule.]
Pick one patent policy option:
The [Name] Incubator Group provides an opportunity to share perspectives on [Topic]. W3C reminds Incubator Group participants of their obligation to comply with patent disclosure obligations as set out in Section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. While the Incubator Group does not produce Recommendation-track documents, when Incubator Group participants review Recommendation-track specifications from Working Groups, the patent disclosure obligations do apply.
Incubator Groups have as a goal to produce work that can be implemented on a Royalty Free basis, as defined in the W3C Patent Policy.
The [Name] Incubator Group provides an opportunity to share perspectives on [Topic]. W3C reminds Incubator Group participants of their obligation to comply with patent disclosure obligations as set out in Section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. While the Incubator Group does not produce Recommendation-track documents, when Incubator Group participants review Recommendation-track specifications from Working Groups, the patent disclosure obligations do apply.
Incubator Groups have as a goal to produce work that can be implemented on a Royalty Free basis, as defined in the W3C Patent Policy.
All Participants in this XG must make a statement that they Agree or Do not agree to the following two commitments:
- The Participant I represent agrees to offer licenses according to the W3C Royalty-Free licensing requirements described in section 5 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy for any portions of the XG Reports produced by this XG that are subsequently incorporated into a W3C Recommendation.
- If the Participant joins a W3C Working Group that incorporates into a W3C Recommendation-track document any portions of the XG Reports produced by this XG, the Participant I represent agrees to waive the right in that Working Group to exclude Essential Claims with respect to those portions of the XG Reports.
Note: A Participant in this type of XG may change a "Do not agree" statement to a "Agree" statement at any time (even after the close of the XG). A Participant must not change an "Agree" statement to a "Do not agree" statement.
[State mechanisms (e.g. teleconferences, IRC, face to face) and frequency.]
This section of the charter is optional.