IPR Transition Approval Ballot

[James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>]

     The UDDI Spec TC has voted to convert to the "RF on RAND Terms" IPR 
Mode under the current  OASIS IPR Policy [1], which constitutes a 
"Transition Request" under the OASIS IPR Transition Policy [2] that governs 
such a conversion.

[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr-transition-policy-2005-01-20.php

      I am now obligated to open a "Transition Approval Ballot" to confirm 
the decision.   The voting rules for that ballot can be found at [2].  In 
that ballot, each OASIS organizational member who has one or more TC 
members, and each individual member who is a TC member, casts a single 
vote.  We use our web-based balloting system to conduct the vote.  If you 
are affiliated with an organizational member, please note that your 
organization's voting primary OASIS representative will cast this 
ballot.  Please inform your voting rep of your views regarding the 
ballot.  (I also will notify each voting rep individually.)

     The Transition Approval Ballot will be open for 14 days, commencing 
tomorrow (7 September).  If it receives the required number of votes, I 
will announce that result to the TC and the TC will convert to the new 
policy on the 14th day after the announcement.  If the ballot does not 
receive the required number of votes, the TC continues to operate as is, 
under the prior legacy IPR Policy [3], and the TC can choose to hold 
another ballot at any time until April 2007.

[3] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/intellectual_property_2000-1-13.php

    Please be advised that the IPR Transition Policy has been amended by 
our Board of Directors, effective 1 October 2005, to modify the timing and 
voting rules for these ballots.[4]  After 1 October, there will be a 30-day 
notice period required between the TC's vote and the Transition Approval 
Ballot, and members who have not signed the current Membership Agreement no 
longer will vote in those ballots, as stated in the posted FAQ [5].  Those 
modified rules would govern any later Transition Approval Ballot by this 
TC, if the first one is not conclusive.

[4] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr_transition_policy.php
[5] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/transition_faq.php#4

     Thank you for your contributions to and support of open standards.

~   James Bryce Clark
~   Director, Standards Development, OASIS
~   jamie.clark@oasis-open.org