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Subject: Re: [legalxml-courtfiling] ECF 4.0 reference implementation licensing
Thanks Jim! There are a handful of TCs with similar side projects; probably the one that I'm most familiar with is the DITA Open Toolkit. http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/ or http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita-ot/ Robert Anderson at IBM is the lead on that project; I'm more than happy to put you in touch with him if you'd like. All the best, Mary Mary P McRae Director, Standards Development Technical Committee Administrator OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org web: www.oasis-open.org twitter: @fiberartisan #oasisopen phone: 1.603.232.9090 Standards are like parachutes: they work best when they're open. On Nov 9, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Cabral, James E. wrote: > Mary, > > Many of us on the TC have recognized the license and policy issues > of developing this as a work product of the TC so we're already > considering developing this implementation in another venue > (possibly under the auspices of the National Center for State > Courts). But your email does remind us that we should probably keep > our discussion of this on the TC to a minimum. We need to setup > some new collaboration tools soon so that we can take this off the > TC list. > > Thanks, > > Jim Cabral > MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C. > www.mtgmc.com > (206) 442-5010 Phone > (502) 640-4970 Mobile > > Helping our clients make a difference in the lives of the people > they serve. > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or > privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact > the sender and delete the material from any computer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary McRae [mailto:mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org] > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 12:07 AM > To: Cabral, James E. > Cc: legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org; Price, Jim; Embley, > Paul > Subject: Re: [legalxml-courtfiling] ECF 4.0 reference implementation > licensing > > Hi everyone, > > Just a brief interruption with regard to TCs and reference > implementations. It has long been an underdocumented but enforced rule > that OASIS and its TCs, in their official capacities, do not endorse > or create sole Reference Implementations. It's a work product outside > of the charter of a TC, and would severely limit opportunities created > by a standard for other implementers. Additionally, any and all work > products created by a TC are covered by a single license - that > incorporated as part of the OASIS IPR Policy. No other licenses may be > used. > > That said, we encourage individual members to create proof-of- > concept or exemplar implementations; they just can't be a TC work > product or endorsed by the TC. The TC can certainly mention any such > implementations - such as on the member section home page - as you > would any other related third-party work. > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > > Regards, > > Mary > > Mary P McRae > Director, Standards Development > Technical Committee Administrator > OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society > email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org > web: www.oasis-open.org > twitter: @fiberartisan #oasisopen > phone: 1.603.232.9090 > > Standards are like parachutes: they work best when they're open. > > > > On Nov 4, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Cabral, James E. wrote: > >> ECF TC and friends: >> >> As promised at CTC, I've attached a worksheet with my analysis of >> various licensing options for the ECF 4.0 reference implementation. >> The first tab lists common open source licenses and the second tab >> defines various characteristics of those licenses. >> >> I make the assumptions that the license for the ECF 4.0 reference >> implementation should have the following characteristics: >> >> 1. Approval by OSI as compatible with "open source" >> 2. Compatibility with other software licensed under the GNU Public >> License >> 3. Available for use as linked code/libraries in proprietary software >> 4. Preservation of any copyrights and disclaimers >> >> Based on these assumptions, my (non-legal) opinion is I that the >> best options would be either the Apache Public License (APL) 2.0 or >> the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) v3. The decision >> between these licenses will come down to whether we want to include >> a "copyleft" that would prevent proprietary "derivative works". If >> we want to prevent proprietary derivative works, then the LGPL would >> be the best choice. If we want to allow proprietary derivative >> works, then the APL would be most appropriate. The decision of >> whether something is a derivative work can be complex. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work >> for a definition. >> >> Jim Cabral >> MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C. >> www.mtgmc.com >> (206) 442-5010 Phone >> (502) 640-4970 Mobile >> >> Helping our clients make a difference in the lives of the people >> they serve. >> >> The information transmitted is intended only for the person or >> entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or >> privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact >> the sender and delete the material from any computer. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cabral, James E. >> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:18 PM >> To: 'legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org' >> Subject: OXCI Post-Implementation Review >> >> ECF: >> >> As we consider creating a reference implementation of ECF 4.0, there >> are some lessons learned from the OXCI implementation. Many of >> these lessons were baked into ECF 3.0 but there are still some >> relevant findings related to open source licensing and the >> importance of software quality assurance. >> >> James E. Cabral Jr., Senior Manager >> MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C. >> 1111 Third Avenue, Suite 3010 >> Seattle, Washington 98101-3292 >> www.mtgmc.com >> (206) 442-5010 Phone >> (502) 640-4970 Mobile >> (206) 442-5011 Fax >> jcabral@mtgmc.com >> >> Helping our clients make a difference in the lives of the people >> they serve. >> >> The information transmitted is intended only for the person or >> entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or >> privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact >> the sender and delete the material from any computer. >> >> >> <Open source >> licenses.xls >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >> generates this mail. 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