Notice regarding IPR Policy change

[Scott McGrath <scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS Members,
 
The OASIS Board of Directors completed a significant review of the consortium's IPR Policy, which governs rights and obligations concerning OASIS specifications, and approved amendments to that Policy.  We believe these changes which create a distinction between standards-track documents and non-standards track documents and also improves the treatment of "maintenance" revisions to an originally-approved TC specification are a significant improvement for you and encourage you to review these changes.  These changes take effect 15 October 2010.

The revised policy can be found at
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty-2010-07-28.php

A red-line version showing all changed is located at:
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty-changes-2010-07-28.pdf

A non-normative FAQ describing the changes can be found at:
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty-changes-faq-2010-07-28.pdf

While the Board and staff of OASIS consider these changes a significant improvement for the members of OASIS, you retain the right to withdraw from the organization if you choose to not be bound by the policy when it take effect 15 October.

Thank you for reviewing these changes and your continued participation. As always, I encourage you to contact me directly to discuss this or any aspect of your OASIS membership.

Scott McGrath
COO

Scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org
+1 (978) 667-5115 x202