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Subject: Request for Planning on IPR Mode Transition - RELAX NG TC
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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