Participants in OASIS Technical Committees and Open Projects,
At its meeting on 06 March 2020, the OASIS Board of Directors approved a set of edits to the OASIS Open Project Rules (
https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/open-projects-process).
The changes approved constitute clarifications of the text and do not affect the substance of the rules. You need not change how you are currently working.
Broadly, the changes:
- Clarify when an Entity Contributor License Agreement (ECLA) is required;
- Clarify that an entity may sponsor an Open Project without being required to appoint a representative to the Project Governing board and sign an ECLA;
- Clarify when notice must be given to an Open Project's participants before a required approval action can be taken;Â
- Clarify that ECLAs are signed for specific Open Projects; and
- Add CC-0 to the list of Applicable Licenses.
The attached redlined file shows these changes in detail.
You can find the new rules posted on the OASIS Policies page (
https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/). The changes are effective immediately.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Best regards,ÂÂ
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Chet Ensign
Chief Technical Community StewardOASIS: Advancing open source & open standards for the information society
http://www.oasis-open.org
Mobile: +1 201-341-1393Â