Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] (1)(e) Specification of the IPR Modeunder which the TC will operate.

[Shawn <sgrover@open2space.com>]

Having just read section 10 of the IPR Policy, I have to agree that the 
RF on Limited Terms  Makes the best sense to me.  I believe this would 
give the greatest access to anyone who is interested, and is in the best 
interest of the TC.

Disclaimer:  I am a programmer, not a lawyer.  And not an expert at this 
sort of thing.  There may be hidden holes that I do not see, but a 
lawyer might.  So, just a layman's opinion... :)

Shawn

robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> In addition to the good discussion we're having on the general domain of 
> interoperability and documents, I propose that we take a question or two 
> a day from the list of required and optional OASIS TC Charter definition 
> points, and try to discuss and reach a consensus on those.
> 
> For today, let's take point (1)(e), the IPR Mode of the TC.   The OASIS 
> IPR Policy is defined here: 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php
> 
> There are three possible IP modes a new TC may operate under, and we are 
> required to choose one of these three for the charter of the proposed 
> ODF IIC TC:
> 
> 1) RAND
> 2) RF on RAND terms
> 3) RF on Limited terms
> 
> The most common (and most friendly to implementors, IMHO) mode at OASIS 
> is "RF on Limited terms", and that is the mode under which the OASIS ODF 
> TC operates.  I'd urge the proposed ODF IIC TC to adopt this same IPR mode.
> 
> You can read the legalese associated with this IPR Mode, and the 
> obligations it puts on TC members and the benefits it gives to 
> implementors in sections 10.2.1 and 10.2.3 of the policy document linked 
> to above.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Rob
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