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License Grants from Non-Participants

- When a party who is not already obligated under the Patent Policy - offers a change in class 3 or 4 - (as described in [[#correction-classes]]) to a technical report under this process + When a proposal for a change in class 3 or 4 + (as described in [[#correction-classes]]) to a [=technical report=] + originates from or contains substantive contributions by + any parties not already obligated under the patent Policy, the [=Team=] must request - a recorded royalty-free patent commitment; - for a change in class 4, the Team must secure such commitment. + a recorded royalty-free patent commitment + from each of those parties; + for a change in class 4, + the Team must secure such commitments + from each and every such party. Such commitment should cover, at a minimum, all the party's Essential Claims both in the contribution,