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Subject: RE: [wsbpel] Proposed Motion
This seems a bit overly complicated to me (understandably so, as it was dynamically pieced together from the various suggestions during the course of the call this morning). I would propose the following rather broad remit, and leave it up to the BoF to follow through on other suggestions (e.g. proposing to drop all licensing restrictions, which IMHO would be quite unusual). "The TC recommends creation of a Birds of a Feather group (BoF) to examine licensing issues related to the BPEL4WS v1.1 specification as submitted at the first meeting and implementations thereof. To aid in this process: 1) TC chairs will request details of the current licensing terms from the 5 original submitting members, which should be made available to the TC membership before the next face-to-face meeting. 2) The BoF shall be open to the TC membership. 3) The BoF shall consider comments from the TC membership, which shall be submitted by email or in person. 4) When practical and possible, the legal representatives of the submitting members should be made available to discuss the observations and/or recommendations of the BoF. 5) The BoF group shall meet at the next face-to-face meeting." Personally, I would like to see the original submitters publish a joint licensing agreement that is automatically offered to anybody using the specs. (Note, this does not say what the details of said license agreement would be, it would just make things un-bureaucratic and transparent as far as the formalities are concerned.) Best, - Donald -----Original Message----- From: Sally St. Amand [mailto:sallystamand@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:35 AM To: wsbpel@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: [wsbpel] Proposed Motion On the conference call scheduled for 5/21 a MOTION ON LICENSING be introduced. The Motion is The TC Co-Chairs will ask each of the 5 companies licensing the BPEL v1.1 specifications 1) if they are willing to remove the licensing restrictions, and 2) for a contact who can represent the company in discussions with the TC on this issue. A Birds of a Feather (BoF) group be formed from the member of the TC Committee to obtain information and get clarification from the 5 companies who are licensing the BPEL v1.1 specification. The initial information to include a draft version of each of the 5 companies licensing agreements. The BoF group to make available to all TC members each and all versions of the licensing agreements for the BPEL v1.1 specification. In addition the BoF group will serve as the focal point for receiving questions on the issue of licensing and getting clarification, for creating mechanisms to publicize the issue to TC members and the public at-large, and for specifying the need for legal assistance if warranted. The BoF group will take comments and questions by email, and will meet at the face-to-face. ************************************************************************ ******* Send your revisions and comments to at least me, Diane or John. A consensus motion will be on the agenda for the conference call. Sally Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.
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