Art. 5
Emeritus membership
5.1
The Ecma Fellow award includes an Emeritus membership (without voting rights) in the TC that submitted the nomination of the candidate (or its successor) for a duration of 10 years.
5.2
The TC can submit a request to the GA to renew the Emeritus membership for another period of 10 years.
5.3
If the Ecma Fellow, in an Emeritus member capacity, chooses to participate and contribute to a standardization project in a TC, then the Ecma Fellow shall commit to license all relevant essential patents they own related to that project of the TC on a RF basis.
5.4
The Emeritus member irrevocably grants Ecma International the right to use the Emeritus member’s contributions, in part or whole, whether adapted or not, that are submitted to Ecma International, for Ecma International’s purposes of standardization, while retaining all the rights that the Emeritus member may have on those contributions.
5.5
An Emeritus member cannot represent the interest of an organization when participating in the work of a TC. An Emeritus member shall disclose any employment or other affiliation to an organisation if these exist. In case of a conflict of interest, the GA may suspend the participation of the Emeritus member in a TC.