Re: [sca-bindings] Comments on SCA-Bindings recent emails

[Mike Edwards <mike_edwards@uk.ibm.com>]

Chet,

Many thanks for your wise words.

It is always good to have an outside
view of these sort of things.



Yours,

Mike Edwards
STSM - Cloud Computing and SOA Standards
Chair UK ISO SC38 mirror committee (Cloud & SOA)
Co-Chair OASIS SCA Assembly TC

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From:	Chet Ensign <chet.ensign@oasis-open.org>
To:	OASIS Bindings <sca-bindings@lists.oasis-open.org>,
Cc:	Laurent Liscia <laurent.liscia@oasis-open.org>, Scott McGrath <scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org>, Jamie Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>
Date:	22/07/2013 23:17
Subject:	[sca-bindings] Comments on SCA-Bindings recent emails
Sent by:	<sca-bindings@lists.oasis-open.org>

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Members of the SCA-Bindings TC, 

Some of the conversation on this TC list following the
recent unsuccessful Committee Specification approval vote has come to our
attention.  Obviously, our members are free to act within our rules
as the member experts on each TC see fit. We do, however, want to share
our reactions to what we've heard.

First, OASIS rules are carefully designed to make sure
that no one can long block progress should other members desire to advance
the work.  Approval of a Committee Specification requires a Special
Majority Vote - minimum 2/3 voting in favor.  All members are free
to place their experts on a TC; rosters are visible in advance and everyone
can do the arithmetic necessary to support the result they desire.  The
TC is free to augment its membership and re-vote as its members see fit,
as has always been the case and generally has resulted in open and fair
outcomes for 20 years now.

Second, we noted some of the concerns voiced about licensing
obligations, when they are triggered and how they apply to broad versus
narrow conformance clauses.   It's correct that the patent licensing
obligations under the OASIS IPR Policy depend on the work achieving Committee
Specification approval.  Once that occurs, they relate back to earlier
contributions made by each obligated member, under the terms of our rules.
  (We also note that no patent claims have been announced against
SCA-Bindings: see https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/sca-bindings/ipr.php)
Regarding the conformance clauses, the TC is free to craft and revise conformance
clauses so that they specify the conditions that define conforming implementations
to the TC's satisfaction, whether to all of a spec's components collectively,
or to each separately, or to some combinations but not others.  This
is exactly the kind of thing that OASIS properly leaves to the experts
in the TC to debate and decide.

In TCs like this one, where there is a member section
relationship, the member section may also have some influence over the
TC: but also does not ultimately control the TC's decisions about the disposition
of its draft specifications. 

Best, 

/chet 
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