RE: [chairs] Re: OASIS IPR policy ... (transition timing)

["David RR Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>]

Jamie,

 

So we're just ignoring the issue with OSI and figuring that noone will want to have an OSI license for OASIS implementations anyway? 

 

I recall a public statement by OASIS that they were going to work with OSI on this.  I guess that's all it was?

 

Thanks, DW

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:
> [chairs] Re: OASIS IPR policy ... (transition timing)
> From: James
> Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>
> Date: Thu, February
> 23, 2006 7:43 pm
> To:
> david@drrw.info,chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
>
> At 06:02 AM
> 2/22/2006, David RR Webber \(XML\) wrote:
> >Thanks to Jamie for
> raising this on to the agenda again.
> >So far only 4 TCs have
> converted to the new IPR policy.  That leaves the
> >remaining 95% of us still wondering. * * *
>
>    
> David:  I think you are incorrectly attributing the speed with
> which 
> TCs transition to some perceived issue with the 2005 IPR
> Policy.
>
>     Most existing TCs elected to save the task
> of an IPR Transition Policy 
> conversion for a down-time project.
>  As we reach the 1-year mid-point of 
> the 2-year conversion
> period, you will see more conversions.  However, some 
> TCs also
> may choose not to go through the drill, simply because they
> anticipate completing their work and their natural lifespan before
> April 
> 2007. Nothing wrong with that, either.
>
>    
> Some pre-2005 TCs have acted *early* to take on the new IPR Policy,
> because they see virtue in its improved clarity and much stronger
> mandatory 
> license provisions.   So do I.
>
>  
>  Regards  Jamie
>
> ~   James Bryce Clark
> ~  
> Director, Standards Development, OASIS
> ~  
> jamie.clark@oasis-open.org