From 102bd76b28d3c73a1d701f760c2fbf7ff00d5175 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 05:49:32 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Adjust language for getting patent policy from non paticipants This makes sure that we seek commitments to the patent policy from the the people who are originating the substance of the change being offered, rather than from those who are doing the mechanical work of offering them. Note: This aligns with current Team practices and existing tooling. Addresses #903 --- index.bs | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index 8c06bcd7..b09afcb7 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -3427,9 +3427,9 @@ Maintenance Without a Group

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 + When a proposal for a change in class 3 or 4 (as described in [[#correction-classes]]) to a technical report under this process + originates from or contains substantive contributions by a party 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. From ab63e99bbcc923a30cf54fd3def65160a48e380c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:39:37 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] phrasing simplification --- index.bs | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index b09afcb7..c6d0052c 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ Maintenance Without a Group License Grants from Non-Participants When a proposal for a change in class 3 or 4 - (as described in [[#correction-classes]]) to a technical report under this process + (as described in [[#correction-classes]]) to a [=technical report=] originates from or contains substantive contributions by a party not already obligated under the patent Policy, the [=Team=] must request a recorded royalty-free patent commitment; From 9438f4b3379e61b16fd7c0f17bb73a654fbed16c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:42:34 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] adopt improved phrasing --- index.bs | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index c6d0052c..6610cd7d 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -3429,10 +3429,14 @@ License Grants from Non-Participants 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 a party not already obligated under the patent Policy, + 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,