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

["Jerome Davies" <jerome.davies@pdghelicopters.com>]

> 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.
> 

<snip>
Hello from one of the lurkers.

To me it would seem rather eccentric to have different IP terms 
to ODF, especially as this is about interoperability.

So +1 for "RF on Limited terms"

Kind Regards

Jerome Davies
IT Manager
PDG Helicopters

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