Oh, I see, I'd mixed up my cause and effect. Retracted. Long day, not enough coffee.
-----Original Message----- From: Dan Connolly [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:28 PM To: Chris Wilson Cc: Sam Ruby; Ian B. Jacobs; Michael(tm) Smith; Philippe Le Hegaret; [email protected] Subject: RE: HTML 5 spec license and WG charter review On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 14:22 -0800, Chris Wilson wrote: > Do you think we should run this past the group first? "first"? As in before something else? I'm not sure I understand your question. If somebody else wants to argue to change the charter, that's fine by me; what I'm saying in this message is; *I* am not arguing that changing the license requires changing the charter. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Connolly [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:01 PM > To: Sam Ruby; Ian B. Jacobs > Cc: Chris Wilson; Michael(tm) Smith; Philippe Le Hegaret; [email protected] > Subject: HTML 5 spec license and WG charter review > > Sam, > > I mentioned today that I thought changing the license we > use to publish the HTML 5 spec required changing the charter, > but in trying to construct the argument in detail, I see > that it falls apart... > > I thought that by approving the charter, the membership > had agreed that HTML 5 would be published using the > W3C document license, but I see that the W3C process > document already delegates copyright details to > the staff/Team in such a way that it's subject to > change with notice but not review: > > "The Team is NOT REQUIRED to publish a technical report that does not > conform to the Team's Publication Rules (e.g., for naming, style, and > copyright requirements). These rules are subject to change. The Team > MUST inform group Chairs and the Advisory Board of any changes." > -- http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#DocumentsGeneral > > While I'm sure Philippe will socialize the idea with the W3C membership > in due course, I think changing the license we use to publish the > HTML 5 spec is a decision the Team is authorized to make without > membership review of an updated HTML WG charter. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ gpg D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E
