RE: [cmis] "CMIS logo"; Agenda for Monday

[Jens Hübel <jhuebel@opentext.com>]

Hi David,

great suggestion. David Nueschler gave on the Basel event some background about the ideas behind the logo. There is obvious stuff like the OASIS colors, but also perhaps not so obvious stuff like a "hidden" CMIS in the graphics. I am not sure in what exact relation David N. is to the author but if we do a formal TC vote on this work I would appreciate if we treat this contribution in the same way as a technical contribution and give the author a chance to explain the thoughts and ideas around their work. Having some background in an area where I am definitely no expert I would feel more comfortable to vote. Perhaps David N. can do this as a representative, may be we could invite the author to the call... (and just to avoid misunderstandings: I like it.)

Jens


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From: Choy_David@emc.com [mailto:Choy_David@emc.com] 
Sent: Freitag, 15. Mai 2009 05:14
To: cmis@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [cmis] "CMIS logo"; Agenda for Monday

To all:

Some of you may have seen a sign that appeared to be a "CMIS logo". It
showed up on wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Management_Interoperability_Servic
es) and elsewhere. The author of this sign is a graphic designer by the
name of Oliver Walthard. You can find the licensing terms for this sign
at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cmis_logo.png. A few people who saw
the sign seemed to like it.

Recently, OASIS communicated with Oliver. To my knowledge, Oliver has
indicated willingness to let OASIS use the sign as a logo for CMIS
loyalty-free for non-profit activities. Assuming a formal licensing
agreement can be drawn up, OASIS is ok if the TC decides to adopt the
logo. It is now a TC's choice. We will discuss this on Monday. Our
options are, obviously, (a) adopt it, (b) reject it, or (c) ignore it.
In my opinion, (c) is the worst choice for the TC. We should take a
position quickly. If we decide to adopt it, OASIS will likely set up
usage requirements to prevent logo misuse. We can also discuss licensing
terms that we desire, but I would let OASIS handle all the IP issues and
formal agreement with Oliver should we adopt the logo.

Following discussion, we will likely set up a ballot. Since a logo
formally represents the TC in the public, a "full-majority" vote is
needed to approve adoption.

Agenda for May 18th:
* Result of "May 25th TC Meeting" ballot
* "CMIS logo" discussion
* Result of "Access control" ballot; WG update
* Link relation WG - brief status
* Generic AtomPub client, AtomPub extension, xsd
* Document preview (thumbnail) proposal (CMIS-183)
* Fulltext search proposal (CMIS-144)
* JIRA issues - From #161

david

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