Re: [legalxml-sc] Todd's Request - Lets do it,but OASIS has no formalobligation, I don't think.

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Subject: Re: [legalxml-sc] Todd's Request - Lets do it,but OASIS has no formalobligation, I don't think.

From: "John M. Greacen" <>

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Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 07:30:19 -0600

Dan -- Your approach sounds good to me.

Daniel Greenwood wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The note is nice and friendly - deserving an equally toned reply.  In
> terms of the formal situation, I do not believe OASIS is responsible
> for any debt, liability or duty that LegalXML, Inc. incurred.  There
> was no "merger", per se, from a legal stand point.  Just as a vendor
> to LegalXML, Inc. would have had no standing to get money owed from
> OASIS, similarly I don't see that this web linking agreement has any
> formal hold.  There was a clean creation of a new entity under OASIS -
> with the consent of the Board of LegalXML, Inc.  In addition, I'd need
> to take another look at the wording, but my recollection of the
> document was that there was more than one interpretation about the
> scope and application.  However, the flavor and nature of the
> interaction between LegalXML, Inc. and OASIS is such that I believe we
> should seek to accede to Todd's request, without in anyway conceding
> on behalf of OASIS a formal requirement to do so now or in the future.
> I also think this is an opportunity to perform a small "confidence
> building measure" between Todd and our new organization and I hope it
> might lead toward finding ways to collaborate more fully in the
> future.
>
> In terms of responding to this request - Don and I now have rights to
> send updates to the web site, so I propose that one of us simply send
> an update asap.  Branding on the OASIS page should continue to follow
> OASIS rules and best business practices from an OASIS corporate
> vantage - so, perhaps the wording should be clarify that GSU founded
> the "predecesor" or "original" or "pre-OASIS" or whatever LegalXML,
> before joining OASIS.  This is to assure we do not wrongfully imply
> that GSU is a founder of an OASIS Member Section or a member of OASIS.
>
> Any objection?
>
> Cheers,
>  - Dan
>
>