IPR

["Pope, Nick" <Nick.Pope@thales-esecurity.com>]

All,

Please note the email below.  If we can reach agreement by our first meeting
in January (currently proposed for 8th Jan) we will have to close down in
March, having released the current DSS specifications.

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ram Kumar [mailto:ram.kumar@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: 14 December 2006 23:14
> To: Pope, Nick
> Subject: Re: OASIS DSS - Good and Bad news
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> My suggestion is to conduct an internal ballot on the two modes to see
> where the majority is.
> Where minority is, it is better to have individual discussions with the
> people. The members
> should understand that they need to agree on a common IPR and this has
> to be done ASAP
> given that the deadline for IPR transition for all TCs is end of March
> 2007 and for transition
> to happen, the TCs should have requested for transition by second week
> of January. As per the
> current OASIS Policy, if the TCs do not transition to new IPR by end
> March 2007, the TCs will
> be automatically shut down.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ram
> 
> Ram Kumar wrote:
> > Hi Nick,
> > Mary is the administrator to set up the ballots.Regarding IPR, I will
> > get back to you with an answer.
> > Thanks
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ram
> >
> > Pope, Nick wrote:
> >> Ram,
> >>
> >> Good news:
> >>
> >> The Digital Signature Services specifications has completed the public
> >> review.  There only a few minor changes necessary to correct a few
> minor
> >> editorial and technical details that have been identified during this
> >> period.  We aim to have these changes done for our next conference
> >> call on
> >> 18th to confirm that the documents are ready for the vote of approval
> >> as a
> >> committee specifications.
> >>
> >> We will then prepare the information for the approval as an OASIS
> >> standard,
> >> if possible to catch the 15th Jan submission date.
> >>
> >> Who is the TC Administrator for DSS who we need to interact with to
> >> set all
> >> this up.  Is it yourself or Mary or someone else?
> >>
> >> Bad news:
> >>
> >> At the moment we are not able to reach a consensus on the IPR mode
> >> for any
> >> future work of DSS.  Some want RF and don't find RAND acceptable,
> >> other the
> >> opposite.  Is there any additional sources of advice on IPR within
> OASIS
> >> (other than the IPR web pages), or someone who might help with
> >> resolution of
> >> the deadlock?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Nick, Juan Carlos
> >> Co-chairs DSS
> >>
> >>
> >>
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