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<h1 class="title">Policies for Contribution of Test Cases to W3C</h1>
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<li class="toc_prefix">On this page &#x2192; </li>
<li><a href="#provisions">provisions</a><span class="bullet">&#xA0;&#x2022; </span></li>
<li><a href="#commentary">commentary</a><span class="bullet">&#xA0;&#x2022; </span></li>
<li><a href="#about">about&#xA0;this&#xA0;policy</a></li>
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<p class="intro">This document discusses patent, copyright, and liability issues
surrounding the contribution of test cases to W3C. The purpose of this policy
is to clarify the terms for contributing test cases to W3C and to facilitate
contributions from Working Group Participants.</p>

<h2>1. <a name="provisions" id="provisions">Provisions</a></h2>

<h3>1.1 Licensing Obligations</h3>

<p>The following two provisions state the licensing obligations
that test case Contributors must agree to in order for W3C to accept
their contributions.</p>

<ol>
  <li>If the Contribution is to be published by a Group in a Recommendation
    Track document governed by the W3C Patent Policy, all parties must agree
    to the W3C Patent Policy License Requirements. Participants
    agreed to these Requirements by joining the group.
    Non-participants must agree to these Requirements either by
    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&#xA0;I</a>.</li>
  <li>If the Contribution is to be published by a Group in a Recommendation
    Track document that is not governed by the W3C Patent Policy, or if the
    Contribution is to be published outside a Recommendation Track document, no
    party has any patent licensing obligations.
    However, Contributors who are not W3C
    Members, Team, or Invited Experts in that group must agree to the terms
    of <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants2-200409/">Grant&#xA0;II</a>.</li>
</ol>

<h3>1.2 Definition of Essential Claim Extended to Test Cases</h3>

<p>With respect to any Test Suites published as part of a W3C
Recommendation, an <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-essential">Essential
Claim as defined in the W3C Patent Policy</a> is a claim that is
necessarily infringed only when it is not possible to avoid infringing
it because there is no non-infringing alternative for implementing a
normative feature of the Recommendation in a manner that exhibits the
behavior required by such Test Suite.</p>

<h2>2. <a name="commentary" id="commentary">Commentary</a></h2>

<p><em>The remainder of this document is informative only.</em></p>

<h3>2.1 How to Agree to the Terms of Grants I and II</h3>

<p>To agree to <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants-200409/">Grant&#xA0;I</a>
or <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants2-200409/">Grant&#xA0;II</a>
(which are online forms), you will need a W3C account. Those not
already participating in W3C work can request one through the <a href="http://cgi.w3.org/MemberAccess/Public">Public Access Request
Form</a>. Contributions made by employees of participating Members are
covered by the W3C Patent Policy, whether or not those employees
formally represent the Member in the Working Group.</p>

<p>To help foster confidence in the test suites, even in the case
where a party has no patent licensing obligations for contributed test
suites, we encourage Contributors to use <a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants-200409/">Grant&#xA0;I</a>,
by which one agrees to the W3C Patent Policy Licensing
Requirements.</p>

<h3>2.2 Publication of the Test Suite</h3>

<p>Distribution of W3C Test Suites is governed by the
<a href="../../Consortium/Legal/2008/04-testsuite-copyright">Licenses for W3C Test Suites</a>.</p>

<p>In order to protect the Contributor against liability that might
appear if a third party relies on the contributed materials and
encounters damage, Grant I and Grant II include a disclaimer.
Materials retained for publication
will be distributed carrying a similar disclaimer.</p>

<h3><a name="proscons" id="proscons">2.3 Publishing Test Suites as Part Of or Outside a W3C
Recommendation</a></h3>

<p>Each Working Group compiles contributed test cases into one or more test
suites. The group also decides whether to publish the test suite(s) as part
of a W3C Recommendation or outside the Recommendation. There are advantages
to each approach:</p>
<dl>
  <dt>As Part of a Recommendation</dt>
    <dd><ul class="show_items">
        <li>Group participants benefit from the W3C Patent Policy commitments
          they make when joining a Working Group; no extra effort inside
          their organizations is required of them.</li>
        <li>Publication as part a Recommendation have lend more normative
          weight to the test suite. This may affect the level of recognition
          of the test suite.</li>
        <li>According to the current policy, inclusion in the Recommendation
          lowers the risk of surprises because contributors agree to various
          W3C policies, including the W3C Patent Policy.</li>
      </ul>
    </dd>
  <dt>Outside a Recommendation</dt>
    <dd><ul class="show_items">
        <li>Publication outside the Recommendation allows the Working Group
          to modify the tests without having to rebuild consensus around the
          changes through the Recommendation Track Process; no Advisory
          Committee review or Director's Decision is required.</li>
        <li>According to the current policy, publication outside the
          Recommendation does not involve any obligations to license patents
          according to the W3C Patent Policy Licensing Requirements.</li>
      </ul>
    </dd>
</dl>

<h3><a name="transfer" id="transfer">2.4 Transfer of Copyright to W3C</a></h3>

<p>If you hold copyright for a set of test cases and wish to transfer
copyright to W3C at the same time as you contribute the test cases, please
contact Ian Jacobs at w3t-pr@w3.org.</p>

<h2><a name="about" id="about">About this Policy</a></h2>

<p>This test suite contribution policy was developed by the W3C
Team. This version of the policy supersedes the previous version.</p>

<p>This policy only applies to Contributions made after the date of the
announcement of this policy. It applies to all W3C groups, not just those
under the W3C Patent Policy.</p>


<dl>
<dt>This version:</dt>
<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/10/27-testcases">http://www.w3.org/2004/10/27-testcases</a></dd>
<dd>(<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/chairs/2005JanMar/0107.html">Announced
to the W3C Membership</a> on 17 March 2005.)</dd>
<dt>Previous version:</dt>
<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/06/29-testcases">http://www.w3.org/2004/06/29-testcases</a></dd>
<dd>(<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/chairs/2004OctDec/0000">Announced
to the W3C Membership</a> on 1 October 2004.)</dd>
</dl>
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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>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/testgrants2-200409/" title="Item 2">Grant II</a></li>
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