How should Working Groups handle contributions from non-participants (e.g., meeting guests or on public lists)?
A W3C Working Group frequently finds itself in the position of receiving reviews and input from other parties who are not participants in the Working Group, including: • Another W3C Working Group; • A meeting guest, including an observer during the Technical Plenary Week; • The general public on a mailing list. All Participants in a given Working Group have made a commitment to the W3C Patent Policy (in particular, the provisions regarding licensing obligations), but only for the Recommendations of that particular Working Group. In general, other parties have not made the same commitment for those same deliverables, although they MAY make this commitment if they wish. Similarly, W3C may request that they make such a commitment (see instructions for licensing commitments from non-W3C Members). This means that the Working Group should consider very carefully any contribution from a non-Participant before including it in a document intended to become a W3C Recommendation. To help manage e
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