Each Community and Business Group Final Specification includes this copyright statement:
Copyright © [YEAR(S)] the Contributors to the [Name/Version Information] Specification, published by the W3C [Name of Community/Business Group] under the W3C Community Final Specification Agreement (FSA). A human-readable summary is available.
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Summary of Key License Terms
The W3C Community Final Specification Agreement (FSA) expresses the full agreement between the parties that signed the agreement (“I” in the license agreement) and you (“you” in the license agreement). The following is a handy, human-readable expression of key terms of the FSA. This summary is not the actual agreement. This summary has no legal value or effect and its contents do not appear in the actual agreement.
What Signers Give under the Final Specification Agreement (FSA)
Under the FSA, signers give everyone:
- Copyright – a royalty-free license to use the copyrights for the entire Specification; see section 2 of the agreement.
- Patent – a commitment to license on a royalty-free basis their essential patent claims reading on the entire Specification; see section 3 and 10 of the agreement as well as section 7 regarding transition to the W3C Recomendation Track.
What the Community Gets
The community is free to:
- Share – copy and distribute the Specification.
- Modify the Specification – make new versions of the Specification. If you make new versions of the Specification you must include attribution to the original Specification (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
- Implement the Specification – secure the royalty-free rights from signers necessary to implement the specification.
Use of Trademark
See section 4 of the agreement.
Representations, Warranties and Disclaimers
See section 9 of the agreement.