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Subject: RSA's vote on the IPR Policy Transition Ballot
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RSA Security has cast a “no” vote on the IPR
Policy Transition Ballot due to the timing of the ballot with respect to our
recent acquisition by EMC. The SSTC is proposing to transition to the
“RF on limited Terms” IPR mode, which is the most restrictive of
the IPR Policy options. Because RSA is now an integrated division of EMC, the
new policy would be binding on all of EMC’s divisions. Until EMC has an
opportunity to fully assess the impact of the policy on IP held by its other
divisions, RSA cannot commit to the most restrictive OASIS IPR policy option. It is extremely important to emphasize that, while RSA is
voting “no” on the current ballot, we firmly stand behind the
current IPR non-assertion covenant that RSA made to OASIS and the SSTC
regarding RSA’s own IP relevant to SAML implementations. Our no vote obviously results in the failure of the current
ballot and we have not made this decision lightly. EMC supports the
SSTC’s decision to continue development of the SAML standard and
recognizes that the need to transition to the new OASIS IPR policy still
exists. We will make it a priority to reach a decision as soon as possible on
which of the OASIS IPR modes that we can support. Rob Philpott |
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