RE: [relax-ng] Request for Planning on IPR Mode Transition - RELAX NG TC

Patrick,

 

To help members better understand the choices - I'd like to also
share the comments that Eduardo Gutentag from the BOD shared with the
me and the TC Chairs discussion list earlier this year - which I
think indicates what would be required for the eGov TC given its nature
and operating premise to date.  We would certainly welcome help in
getting the correct wording done to cover off this need. 

 

So in addition we would need to ensure that part of the process
allows for a vote to make this enhancement to the charter as
well.  Perhaps that would be an appropriate first
step?

 

Thanks, DW

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [chairs] Is
"Defensive RF" the answer to the OASIS IPR impasse?
From: Eduardo
Gutentag <>
Date: Mon, May 08, 2006
9:18 pm
To: "David RR Webber (XML)" 

<snip>

all the TC has to do is to declare *in its charter* that it's
an
RF mode based TC. That triggers all the necessary obligations
that
apply to contributors and participants; and it also triggers
the
character of the obligation that those who send comments to
that
TC must agree to abide by in order for the comments to actually
make
it to the comments list, thus preventing the contamination of
an
RF TC, for instance, with RAND contributions.

Please do
read the policy; it can be found
at
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php

Thanks!

</snip>

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:
[relax-ng] Request for Planning on IPR Mode Transition - RELAX
NG
TC
From: "Patrick Gannon"
<>
Date: Thu, June 29, 2006 10:49
am
To: <>
Cc:
<>, "'James Bryce
Clark'"
<>

Members of the
OASIS RELAX NG TC,

As you know from our previous announcements
[1], all OASIS TCs that existed
before April 2005, and still
operating under our  Legacy IPR Policy [2], will
be required to
transition to our updated IPR Policy [3] before April 2007,
unless
they choose to close.

We want to make sure that you are
receiving the assistance you need in order
to make this decision
and, when appropriate, conduct a transition ballot.  We
also
are concerned that some TCs may not begin the process soon enough
to
comfortably complete one (or more) ballots, as needed.  We
wish to make sure
that no committees are terminated next April
simply as a result of inadequate
time or planning.  This is a
concern, because I understand from your TC staff
contact (who is
copied in this message) that your technical committee has not
yet
made plans about a transition.

The transition process is
described in detail in our IPR Transition Policy
[4] and an
accompanying FAQ [5].  Essentially, it requires the TC to
choose
one of the policy's three licensing modes, by a regular vote
(Transition
Request Ballot), and then to complete a successful and
unanimous special
ballot (Transition Approval Ballot) to confirm it.
 The TC Administrator must
conduct the Transition Approval
Ballot no earlier than 30 days after a
Transition Request Ballot.
 If either ballot were to fail, additional ballots
would be
needed, so let me stress that this process should start well
before
2007, if at all possible.

We will publicly post the
reports we receive from each TC about its plans for
transition, to
make sure that members have the information.  Also, the
Board
of Directors has requested that I include in our monthly
Operations Report the
names of each TC that has yet to notify their
Staff Contact of their
transition plans.  You TC was included
in the recent report submitted to the
Board.  To provide the
Board with status of the TC IPR Transition progress, a
summary chart
is provided to the Board each month.  Here is the summary
chart
from the May Operations Report.

TC Transition to New
IPR Policy Modes Prior Month May Changes
Total May   
TCs
Operating under New IPR Mode   13 0
13   
TCs Planning
to Transition in 2006 Q2 3 0
3   
TCs Planning to Transition
in 2006 Q3 4 +1
5   
TCs Planning to Transition in 2006 Q4 13
+2
15   
TCs Planning to Transition in 2007 Q1 2 +2
4
  
TCs Planning to Complete/Close in 2006 5 -4
1  

TCs Planning to Complete/Close in 2007 7 +4
11   
TCs
Haven't Considered/Decided Yet 8 -3
5   
TCs No Answer 9
-2
7 

OASIS Staff stands ready to assist you in this
process.  If you have any
questions or concerns about
transition, or the IPR policy or its modes, please
feel free to
contact me, your TC staff contact, or any other member of
our
standards development staff.

Best regards,

Patrick
Gannon
President & CEO
OASIS
+1.978.667.5115 x201  -
office
+1.978.761.3546       - mobile
Skype:
pgannon
www.oasis-open.org

[1] Prior announcements:

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200502/msg00006.html,
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200504/msg00005.html,
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/200511/msg00002.html

[2]
Legacy IPR Policy:
 
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/intellectual_property_2000-1-13.php

[3]
2005 IPR Policy:
 
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php

[4]
IPR Transition Policy:
 
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr_transition_policy.php

[5]
Transition FAQ:
 
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/transition_faq.php

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