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Subject: FW: [legalxml-courtfiling] ECF 4.0 reference implementation licensing
Rolly, How would this notice to the ECF TC affect the interoperability demonstration project that eNotary has been discussing? Mark Ladd PRIA Consultant mladd@pria.us office: 262-320-4480 cell: 262-498-0850 -----Original Message----- From: Mary McRae [mailto:mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org] Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:07 PM 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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