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<h2 id="copyright"><span id="Copyright">Copyrights</span> for Documents, Software, Tests</h2>
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<li>In <a href="/community/">Community and Business Groups</a>, draft Specifications are governed by a <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/cla/">W3C Community Contributor License Agreement (CLA)</a>. Participants then sign (voluntarily) a <a href="http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/final/">Final Specification Agreement</a>. These agreements include both copyright and patent licensing provisions.</li>
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<h2 id="patpol">Patent Policy</h2>
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<a href="/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/">Patent Policy</a> to enable continued innovation and widespread adoption of Web standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. The W3C Patent Policy governs the handling of patents in the process of producing <a href="/standards/">Web Standards</a>. The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under this policy can be implemented on a <a href="/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Requirements">Royalty-Free (RF) basis</a>. See the <a href="/2003/12/22-pp-faq">Patent Policy FAQ</a> for additional information.</p>
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