On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: > CGs actually have very little patent obligation compared to W3C Working > Groups, so Apple has lighter weight approval for those than for WGs. Perhaps > Google could consider the same thing. I believe the CG rules would not allow > an employee of a W3C Member company to be a "free agent" though.
I can't speak for our lawyers, but I do plan to complain about the situation internally. It adds a pretty tremendous mental transaction cost to me joining a CG, and that's unfortunate. ~TJ
