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<h1 class="title">Policies for Contribution of Test Cases to W3C</h1>
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<li><a href="#provisions">provisions</a><span class="bullet"> • </span></li>
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<p class="intro">This document discusses patent, copyright, and liability issues
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surrounding the contribution of test cases to W3C. The purpose of this policy
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is to clarify the terms for contributing test cases to W3C and to facilitate
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contributions from Working Group Participants.</p>
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<h2>1. <a name="provisions" id="provisions">Provisions</a></h2>
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<h3>1.1 Licensing Obligations</h3>
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<p>The following two provisions state the licensing obligations
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that test case Contributors must agree to in order for W3C to accept
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their contributions.</p>
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<li>If the Contribution is to be published by a Group in a Recommendation
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Track document governed by the W3C Patent Policy, all parties must agree
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to the W3C Patent Policy License Requirements. Participants
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agreed to these Requirements by joining the group.
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Non-participants must agree to these Requirements either by
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joining the Group (if eligible) or by agreeing to the terms of <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants-200409/">Grant I</a>.</li>
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<li>If the Contribution is to be published by a Group in a Recommendation
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Track document that is not governed by the W3C Patent Policy, or if the
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Contribution is to be published outside a Recommendation Track document, no
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party has any patent licensing obligations.
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However, Contributors who are not W3C
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Members, Team, or Invited Experts in that group must agree to the terms
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of <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants2-200409/">Grant II</a>.</li>
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<h3>1.2 Definition of Essential Claim Extended to Test Cases</h3>
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<p>With respect to any Test Suites published as part of a W3C
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Recommendation, an <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-essential">Essential
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Claim as defined in the W3C Patent Policy</a> is a claim that is
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necessarily infringed only when it is not possible to avoid infringing
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it because there is no non-infringing alternative for implementing a
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normative feature of the Recommendation in a manner that exhibits the
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behavior required by such Test Suite.</p>
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<h2>2. <a name="commentary" id="commentary">Commentary</a></h2>
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<p><em>The remainder of this document is informative only.</em></p>
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<h3>2.1 How to Agree to the Terms of Grants I and II</h3>
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<p>To agree to <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants-200409/">Grant I</a>
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or <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants2-200409/">Grant II</a>
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(which are online forms), you will need a W3C account. Those not
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already participating in W3C work can request one through the <a href="http://cgi.w3.org/MemberAccess/Public">Public Access Request
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Form</a>. Contributions made by employees of participating Members are
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covered by the W3C Patent Policy, whether or not those employees
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formally represent the Member in the Working Group.</p>
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<p>To help foster confidence in the test suites, even in the case
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where a party has no patent licensing obligations for contributed test
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suites, we encourage Contributors to use <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants-200409/">Grant I</a>,
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by which one agrees to the W3C Patent Policy Licensing
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Requirements.</p>
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<h3>2.2 Publication of the Test Suite</h3>
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<p>Distribution of W3C Test Suites is governed by the
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<a href="../../Consortium/Legal/2008/04-testsuite-copyright">Licenses for W3C Test Suites</a>.</p>
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<p>In order to protect the Contributor against liability that might
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appear if a third party relies on the contributed materials and
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encounters damage, Grant I and Grant II include a disclaimer.
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Materials retained for publication
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will be distributed carrying a similar disclaimer.</p>
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<h3><a name="proscons" id="proscons">2.3 Publishing Test Suites as Part Of or Outside a W3C
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Recommendation</a></h3>
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<p>Each Working Group compiles contributed test cases into one or more test
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suites. The group also decides whether to publish the test suite(s) as part
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of a W3C Recommendation or outside the Recommendation. There are advantages
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to each approach:</p>
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<dl>
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<dt>As Part of a Recommendation</dt>
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<dd><ul class="show_items">
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<li>Group participants benefit from the W3C Patent Policy commitments
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they make when joining a Working Group; no extra effort inside
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their organizations is required of them.</li>
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<li>Publication as part a Recommendation have lend more normative
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weight to the test suite. This may affect the level of recognition
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of the test suite.</li>
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<li>According to the current policy, inclusion in the Recommendation
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lowers the risk of surprises because contributors agree to various
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W3C policies, including the W3C Patent Policy.</li>
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<dt>Outside a Recommendation</dt>
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<dd><ul class="show_items">
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<li>Publication outside the Recommendation allows the Working Group
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to modify the tests without having to rebuild consensus around the
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changes through the Recommendation Track Process; no Advisory
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Committee review or Director's Decision is required.</li>
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<li>According to the current policy, publication outside the
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Recommendation does not involve any obligations to license patents
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according to the W3C Patent Policy Licensing Requirements.</li>
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<h3><a name="transfer" id="transfer">2.4 Transfer of Copyright to W3C</a></h3>
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<p>If you hold copyright for a set of test cases and wish to transfer
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copyright to W3C at the same time as you contribute the test cases, please
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contact Ian Jacobs at w3t-pr@w3.org.</p>
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<h2><a name="about" id="about">About this Policy</a></h2>
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<p>This test suite contribution policy was developed by the W3C
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Team. This version of the policy supersedes the previous version.</p>
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<p>This policy only applies to Contributions made after the date of the
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announcement of this policy. It applies to all W3C groups, not just those
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under the W3C Patent Policy.</p>
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<dt>This version:</dt>
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<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/10/27-testcases">http://www.w3.org/2004/10/27-testcases</a></dd>
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<dd>(<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/chairs/2005JanMar/0107.html">Announced
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to the W3C Membership</a> on 17 March 2005.)</dd>
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<dt>Previous version:</dt>
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<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/06/29-testcases">http://www.w3.org/2004/06/29-testcases</a></dd>
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<dd>(<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/chairs/2004OctDec/0000">Announced
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to the W3C Membership</a> on 1 October 2004.)</dd>
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<h2 class="h4 category">Grants</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants-200409/">Grant I</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants2-200409/" title="Item 2">Grant II</a></li>
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