[gsnedders]

I think that's disingenuous — even as someone who has been around the WHATWG for longer than the W3C has been working on HTML5. One clear reason that publication as a REC is important because it implies a royalty-free patent grant between all members of the WG.

[pornel]

It's interesting that WHATWG is trying to get the patent commitments by being a W3C Community Group:

https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#What.27s_the_patent_story_f...