Re: [xacml] New XACML profile - ALFA

[Jamie Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>]

Hal -- a man with several lawyers in his family who clearly spent too
much time listening to them -- has it about right.  We'd need to look
at whatever final naming configuration the TC  proposes, but it sounds
like you are pursuing the right approach.  Sounds like a cool
functionality.  Best of luck.  Regards  Jamie

James Bryce Clark, General Counsel
OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/staff.php

On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Hal Lockhart <hal.lockhart@oracle.com> wrote:
> I think this is great and have been urging Axiomatics to do this for some
> time.
>
> On the subject of the name, the OASIS Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
> Policy (https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr) section 5.3
> says:
>
> 5.3 Trademarks
>
> Trademarks or service marks that are not owned by OASIS shall not be used by
> OASIS, except as approved by the OASIS Board of Directors, to refer to work
> conducted at OASIS, including the use in the name of an OASIS TC, an OASIS
> Deliverable, or incorporated into such work.
> No OASIS Party may use an OASIS trademark or service mark in connection with
> an OASIS Deliverable or otherwise, except in compliance with such license
> and usage guidelines as OASIS may from time to time require.
>
> I believe that means we can use ALFA, but not Axiomatics. (I am assuming
> ALFA is not a Trademark of Axiomatics.)
>
> I think this means we have 3 choices. 1. Pick a new name. 2. Use ALFA, but
> make up a new phrase for it to stand for. 3. Use ALFA and state it doesn't
> stand for anything.
>
> If ALFA is an Axiomatics Trademark, I believe that unless Axiomatics decides
> to contribute all rights to ALFA to OASIS, we simply can't use the name.
>
> I am CC'ing Chet and Jamie to draw their attention to this issue, in case my
> interpretation is wong.
>
> Hal
>
>
>
> From: Sinnema, Remon [mailto:remon.sinnema@emc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 9:20 AM
> To: David Brossard (david.brossard@axiomatics.com)
> Cc: xacml@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [xacml] New XACML profile - ALFA
>
>
>
> Hi David,
>
>
>
> Excellent idea!
>
>
>
> I have some questions for you:
>
> ·        Would you mind sending out a link to more details about ALFA?
>
> ·        Do you plan to keep the name or should we change it, since it
> contains the name of a company?
>
> ·        Do you see this as a media type for XACML or something more?
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray
>
>
>
>
>
> From: xacml@lists.oasis-open.org [mailto:xacml@lists.oasis-open.org] On
> Behalf Of David Brossard
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 2:00 PM
> To: xacml; xacml-users@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [xacml] New XACML profile - ALFA
>
>
>
> Axiomatics is pleased to announce that it has decided to contribute ALFA,
> the Axiomatics Language for Authorization, to the OASIS eXtensible Access
> Control Markup Language (XACML) TC for standardization.
>
> ALFA is a pseudo-language aimed at developers and which simplifies XACML
> policy authoring.
>
>
>
> To initiate the process, Axiomatics will start a new profile of XACML using
> the XACML 3.0 core standard as a base and specifying the ALFA grammar.
>
>
>
> We welcome input from all the members of the XACML TC and the OASIS
> community at large. Our aim is to make XACML even more successful through
> easier policy authoring and management.
>
>
>
> As a first step, we would like to discuss this new profile on the next TC
> call.
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> --
>
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