RE: [dss] DSS Deadlines

["Pope, Nick" <Nick.Pope@thales-esecurity.com>]

John,

Thanks for your input.  I think the current spec can go ahead independent
under the current IPR policy, independent of any conclusions on future IPR.

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Messing [mailto:jmessing@law-on-line.com]
> Sent: 05 January 2007 14:23
> To: dss@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [dss] DSS Deadlines
> 
> Without intending in any way to derail these attempts to finalize the
> committee spec in a timely fashion or to distract from these efforts,
> please allow me simply to object, in order to preserve any and all
> legal rights and remedies, to a change in the formerly agreed-upon RAND
> IPR policy upon which the DSS spec was developed through and by an
> intervening IPR policy with different terms as to licensing obligations
> of patent rights adopted in a time frame that could otherwise affect
> such licensing obligations.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [dss] DSS Deadlines
> > From: "Pope, Nick" <Nick.Pope@thales-esecurity.com>
> > Date: Fri, January 05, 2007 6:46 am
> > To: dss@lists.oasis-open.org
> >
> > I give below the deadlines over the next month or so for getting the
> current
> > DSS documents formally agreed and resolve IPR questions.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > 1)	8th Jan or 22 Jan absolute latest: Final agreement on DSS Specs
> > 2)	30 Jan: Documents ready for DSS ballot including Checks on DSS
> > schema
> > 3)	1- 7 Feb: Ballot on DSS Documents to Committee Spec (7 days)
> > 4)	1- 7 Feb: Ballot on DSS Documents presented to OASIS for ballot as
> > OASIS Spec, (7 days)
> > 5)	1- 7 Feb: Preparation of information etc for ballot as OASIS Spec (3
> > use statements required)
> > 6)	Documents submitted for ballot 14th Feb
> > 7)	16 March - 31 March Ballot on DSS OASIS Specs (15% member support
> > required)
> > 8)	1 Feb - 14 Feb IPR Ballot
> > 9)	If IPR ballot succeeds: new IPR policy adopted 28 Feb
> > 10)	 If IPR ballot fails: 19 Feb Meeting to discuss IPR re-ballot
> > 11)	 If IPR ballot fails: 22 March - 5 April new ballot, adopted 29 Apr
> > 12)	 Cut off date TC to operate under new IPR Policy 15 April 07 ???
> >
> >
> >
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