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Subject: Re: [oic] Proposal: Acknowledgment of Contribution
Hi everyone, The only people who can be listed on an OASIS specification are TC members (and not observers). Regards, Mary On Oct 10, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > Re: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/oic/200910/msg00016.html> > > > Thinking this over a bit more, I think there should be two parts to > the > acknowledgment section: > > 1. First, there should be a statement of the following form: > > "During the development of this [document/specification/report] the > following individuals participated as Members of the OASIS > OpenDocument > Interoperabilty and Conformance (OIC) TC: > > "John Hancock, The British East India Company > ... > " > > [Rationale: the names and affiliations are important because of the > IPR > rules and the obligation business for specifications. This is maybe > not so > important for a report, but I think it is a material thing even if > they were > never on a call or ever posted to the TC List.] > > 2. Secondly, there should be recognition of all material > contributions by > outside parties using the comment list. (If we had a submission > from JTC1, > I would just acknowledge the body, not the individuals.) Something > like, > > "The OASIS OIC TC also received public comments that contributed to > the > improvement of this [document/specification/report]. The OIC TC > acknowledges the following contributors for their comments: > > " Ethelred the Elder, guesswho@gmail.com > ... > " > > [not sure how oic-comment submitters should be acknowledged. Might > need to > contact each of them, especially if an employer name is needed. > Notice the > above wording does not reveal our basis for selection, just that we > choose > to acknowledge (some of) them.] > > 3. One reason for doing this is to encourage contributions and to > let people > know in this public manner that we value that. The other is to > establish > that there was an agreement with regard to IPR, our permission to use > contributions, etc. If a contribution even got us thinking about an > issue, > although we didn't use it directly, I would leave that a judgment > call. > oic-comment posts that don't contribute anything or ask a meaningful > question can be discounted, of course. > > - Dennis > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php >
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