Re: [emergency] Successful Emergency Management IPR TransitionBallot

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

I may be wrong, but as I recall from an earlier briefing, "Limited 
Terms" allows the party with IPR encumbrance for their donations to 
"set" their terms, which means it opens the door to "lawyering" which 
is one of those proverbial "slippery slopes," while RAND has more 
specifically spelled out terms. However, had I had more time to 
attend the meeting when this was decided, I would have asked Jamie if 
the TC had the leeway to suggest (and set policy to enforce) the 
exact language of what "Limited Terms" could mean in relation to our 
TC, which might have given us the option of "closing" that 
"lawyering" door.

Cheers,
Rex

At 2:59 PM +1000 10/4/06, Renato Iannella wrote:
>On 4 Oct 2006, at 11:43, Elysa Jones wrote:
>
>>We covered it again today just be sure everyone understood and it 
>>will be documented in the minutes of todays meeting.  During our 
>>discussions over the months, all TC members expressed an interest 
>>in keeping the work of the TC as open and free as possible.  The 
>>choice the TC agreed to is RF on RAND as described on the OASIS 
>>site at http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php. 
>>This mode requires anyone submitting information to the TC that may 
>>have IP claims to be fully disclosed as such to the group.  The 
>>group can then chose to include it or not.  The consensus of the TC 
>>membership now is that we would not accept any IP to be included in 
>>our work products. 
>>
>
>I just really want to know why "RF and RAND" was chosen over "RF on 
>Limited Terms"?
>
>It seems to me that the latter is (slightly) "open and freer" than 
>the former??
>
>Cheers...  Renato Iannella
>National ICT Australia (NICTA)
>
>
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