Re: [rights] TIME OUT, PLEASE

[Anne Anderson <Anne.Anderson@Sun.com>]

Karl,

If the Rights Language TC were developing an isolated standard,
then the idea of proceeding with the set of requirements from the
organizations that proposed the TC might be acceptable.

But XrML (or "output from the Rights Language TC") is being
specified as a key part of MPEG work, and is being profiled in
other OASIS work, eg WSSTC. This means that the output from the
Rights Language TC must meet the requirements of the broad
community of users and organizations that will be using these
architectures.

The initial requirements for the RLTC truly represent only a few
members of OASIS.  The additional requirements being proposed by
various members of the TC, including RF implementation licenses
and Fair Use provisions, are important to a broad segment of the
potential users of the RLTC output, and must be satisfied in the
first version.  The Fair Use provisions, in particular, are
pertinent to even a narrow reading of the RLTC charter.  Any
other approach means that the output of the RLTC will be a
rubberstamp of a proprietary protocol for the benefit of a few
companies.

Anne Anderson
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