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Tighten the how sustantive changes are handled post AC-Review #910

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Expand Up @@ -2772,13 +2772,31 @@ Determining the W3C Decision</h4>
If the proposal is adopted with changes other than <a href="#class-1">class 1 (markup) changes</a>,
then those changes <em class=rfc2119>must</em> be announced to the [=AC=]
and to the [=Group=] that owns the document (if any).

Additionally, when adopting a proposal with [=substantive changes=] integrated,
the announcement <em class="rfc2119">must</em> include rationale
for the substantive changes,
and those changes must have the [=consensus=]
of the subset of the [=AC=] that voted on the proposal
(including anyone who explicitly abstained).
for the substantive changes.

[=Substantive changes=] to the proposal <em class=rfc2119>may</em> only be adopted
if the revised proposal has [=consensus=]
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of the subset of the [=AC=] that voted on the initial proposal
(including anyone who explicitly abstained),
or if any [=Formal Objections=] against the revised proposal are retracted or [=overruled=]
and the revised proposal otherwise has sufficient support to achieve [=consensus=].
For clarity,
the [=Team=] <em class=rfc2119>should</em> seek a response from this subset of the [=AC=]
using the same tooling and degree of formality as it did for the [=AC Review=];
and as is the case during [=AC Reviews=],
[=dissent=] in this context <em class=rfc2119>must</em> be expressed as a [=Formal Objection=].

Any [=Formal Objection=] raised at this stage against the revised proposal
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is handled by the same [=Council=] responsible for [=Formal Objections=] raised against the initial proposal,
if any.

Note: Such a [=Council=] has the ability to
clear either the original or the revised proposal for advancement
by [=overruling=] all [=Formal Objections=] against the original or revised proposal,
respectively.

For publications which have conditions in addition to [=AC=] approval
for introducing [=substantive changes=]
(such as [=Group=] consensus or implementation experience),
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because that would fail to trigger a patent exclusion opportunity.
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In the case of [=charters=],
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substantive changes from the initial proposal that underwent [=AC Review=]
<em class=rfc2119>must not</em> include any increase to the scope.
If any such change is desired,
it <em class=rfc2119>must</em> be returned for additional work
and go through a complete new [=AC Review=].

This document does not specify
time intervals between the end of an [=Advisory Committee review=] period
and the [=W3C decision=].
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