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Subject: Re: [emergency-adopt] Agenda Item for Next Meeting: Sponsoringand Maintaining Reference Implementations
Thanks Mary, I wasn't aware of that and I didn't think about IPR given that SourceForge is open source, and their requirements are intended to protect projects from being hijacked. However, I understand and I'm also perfectly happy to provide it to the TC for an OASIS hosting. Cheers, Rex At 8:39 PM -0400 5/15/09, Mary McRae wrote: >Hi all, > > I just wanted to chime in - no TC work can be done on SourceForge >- the licensing is incompatible with the OASIS IPR Policy. You can >manage code in an OASIS-hosted SVN repository. The question of >whether the current charter would support the >development/maintenance of a reference implementation is another >question. > >Regards, > >Mary > >Mary P McRae >Director, Standards Development >Technical Committee Administrator >OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society >email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org >web: www.oasis-open.org >twitter: fiberartisan #oasisopen >phone: 1.603.232.9090 > >Standards are like parachutes: they work best when they're open. > > > > > > > > >On May 15, 2009, at 1:16 PM, Rex Brooks wrote: > >>Hi Everyone, >> >>With our pate as full as it was today, I decided not to introduce >>this topic today. So I would like to propose it for our next >>meeting's agenda: >> >>Should we include reference implementations of EM Standards on >>SourceForge as part of our charter. I have an EDXL-RM Reference >>Implementation that is 95% done and I am looking for a suitable >>group to which I can hand if off. >> >>This is a lead up to a proposal that the EM TC sponsor reference >>implementations for each of its standards as a way to provide an >>example for all implementations such that whatever set of a >>standard's features a vendor decides to implement within an >>application, an example will be available which the vendor can use >>as a starting point to build upon. This would also serve to help >>such third-parties as the NIMS Support Center to provide testing >>services to certify interoperability of vendor applications. >> >>So, this would serve as a way to encourage adoption and develop >>higher levels of interoperability than would be possible without >>reference implementations. I think this requires serious thought >>and discussion because it represents a significant investment of >>future time and effort. >> >>Cheers, >>Rex >> >>-- >>Rex Brooks >>President, CEO >>Starbourne Communications Design >>GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison >>Berkeley, CA 94702 >>Tel: 510-898-0670 >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >>generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: >>https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php -- Rex Brooks President, CEO Starbourne Communications Design GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison Berkeley, CA 94702 Tel: 510-898-0670
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