RE: [entity-resolution] OASIS IPR policy

["Lauren Wood" <lauren@textuality.com>]

On 21 Jan 2005 Paul Grosso wrote:

>  
> > From: Lauren Wood [mailto:lauren@textuality.com] 
> > Sent: Friday, 21 January, 2005 15:38
> > To: entity-resolution@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: [entity-resolution] OASIS IPR policy
> > 
> > Here's a link to the OASIS IPR policy:
> > http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php
> 
> > 
> > Also, the statements of use have to certify usage in accordance with 
> > the policy, so Craig, Paul, and Norm may have to talk to the 
> > appropriate people in their companies. 
> > "4. Certification by at least three OASIS member organizations that 
> > they are successfully using the specification consistently with the 
> > OASIS IPR Policy;"
> 
> Depends on the definition of "certify" and "by...[an] organization".
> 
> If "by...[an] organization" includes, for example, me in the
> case of Arbortext, and "certify" means "says so", I see no
> problem.  And since I don't see OASIS defining these terms,
> who's to say my definitions don't work?

I'm sure that works for Arbortext. I wouldn't like to guarantee it 
for IBM or Sun, however, I'd rather let the people who work for those 
companies decide what the right thing to do is.

cheers,

Lauren