Hal,
Surely this is there already in the use of the "Join" email
message - and the fact that by clicking on the "Confirm Subscribe" link
they would be agreeing to the terms and conditions and
instructions that preceeded the link in the email?
Would be a simple incremental enhancement of the latest email sign-up
process OASIS has just implemented...?
DW
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE:
[chairs] Comments and IP
From: "Hal Lockhart"
<>
Date: Fri, April 14, 2006 10:12 am
To:
<>,
<>
Hi Patrick, how have you
been?
I believe the issue is that OASIS needs a positive
confirmation that the
party providing feedback actively agrees to
the terms of the Feedback
License (Appendix A of the IPR Policy).
Since this commits the party to
things like patent licensing terms,
mere notice is not sufficient. They
have to sign and return the
form.
This is not my area of expertise, but perhaps a click-thru
license on
the web page might be sufficient. However I don't think an
automated
message on a mailing list would ever be sufficient to
create a binding
legal commitment.
Hal
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Durusau
[mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006
6:33 PM
> To:
> Subject:
[chairs] Comments and IP
>
> Greetings!
>
>
At a meeting of the ODF Metadata SC the issue came up about
getting
> non-OASIS members to post use cases and other feedback
to the TC.
>
> The only mechanism now is the comment
form.
>
> One of the participants mentioned that the W3C
handles that by sending
> the IP notice as part of the
subscription confirmation.
>
> That seems like an easier
way to handle the IP notice and gets members
> of the public into
the discussion loop.
>
> The SC is looking for the easiest
way possible, consistent with the
> required IP notice to get
feedback. The reasoning being that is it
> easier to market a
standard or technology that is what people are
> interested in
using than something that we are interested in
marketing.
>
> I haven't done email adminstration in years but that seems
like it
would
> be fairly easy to implement and would cover
all the necessary IP
notices.
>
> Hope everyone is
having a great day!
>
> Patrick
>
> PS: The
next ODF Metadata meeting is Thursday, April 20, 2006 at
11
AM.
> Please join us!
>
> --
> Patrick
Durusau
>
> Chair, V1 - Text
Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface
> Co-Editor,
ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model
> Member, Text Encoding
Initiative Board of Directors, 2003-2005
>
> Topic Maps:
Human, not artificial, intelligence at work!
>
