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Editorial cleanup regarding normative dependencies of the Process (#711)
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Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr <[email protected]>
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frivoal and TallTed authored Feb 22, 2023
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc no-ref" id="pp">
Relation of Process Document to Patent Policy</h2>
Relation of Process Document to Patent Policy and Other Policies</h2>

<!-- DO NOT REMOVE THIS SECTION OR ITS REFERNCE TO THE PATENT POLICY WITHOUT DISCUSSING WITH PSIG / COUNSEL. -->
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W3C Members' attention is called to the fact
that provisions of the Process Document are binding on Members
per the <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Agreement/Member-Agreement">Membership Agreement</a> [[MEMBER-AGREEMENT]].
The <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy/">W3C Patent Policy</a> [[!PATENT-POLICY]]
is incorporated by normative reference as a part of the Process Document,
and is thus equally binding.
and other policies
incorporated by normative reference as a part of the Process Document
are equally binding.

The Patent Policy places additional obligations on Members, Team, and other participants in W3C.
The Patent Policy and CEPC place additional obligations on Members, Team, and other participants in W3C.
The Process Document does not restate those requirements but includes references to them.
The Process Document and Patent Policy have been designed to allow them to evolve independently.
The Process Document, Patent Policy, and CEPC have been designed to allow each to evolve independently.

In the Process Document, the term “participant” refers to an individual, not an organization.

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