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

[David Nuescheler <david@day.com>]

hi john,

i completely agree that it does not make sense to endorse something
that has "strings attached".

i don't think there would be any restrictions on usage other than imposed
by oasis or this tc. from my conversations with oliver i don't think that
wants to retain any rights whatsoever, probably not even ip.
for the arguments sake you can consider it "apache-style" licensed.

i think the usage limitations would come from oasis or this tc, where if
i understand david choy's note oasis has a practice around licensing of
an "official" logo. keep in mind that it was not oliver's original intent to
create an official logo, but just something that we could use in our
presentations and signage that has a "visual anchor" attached to it and
in absence of a logo at this stage (being a professional designer) he just
designed one...

(of course i personally really like the logo ;)

regards,
david

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:17 AM, John Newton <john.newton@alfresco.com> wrote:
> There is really no point in adopting a logo that the organization has no control over its usage.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Choy David" <Choy_David@emc.com>
> To: cmis@lists.oasis-open.org
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 4:13:50 AM GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
> 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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