About the new ballot "IPR Transition Request"

["Drummond Reed" <drummond.reed@cordance.net>]

XRI TC Members and Observers:

I received a question about the current ballot: "What other options are
there?" While the new OASIS IPR policy (adopted in early 2005) has three
modes (RAND, RF/RAND, RF/Limited -- see
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php). All TCs must
formally adopt a mode by the end of 2006. 

When the XRI TC was formed, we incorporated a paragraph into our charter
that required us to produce only RF (royalty-free) standards under what are
now the equivalent of the RF/Limited mode.

So we really have no choice but to adopt RF/Limited mode -- yet we still
need a vote of the majority of the TC voting members to REQUEST to hold the
official transition vote (that's the ballot below). After that vote, we'll
need another vote to actually approve the transition.

So please do vote as soon as you can on this (see the link in the message
below). Contact Gabe or myself if for any reason you don't have access to
your OASIS login information to complete the vote.

=Drummond 

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OASIS Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI) TC member,

A new ballot has been presented to OASIS Extensible Resource Identifier
(XRI) TC.
To vote on this ballot, go here:

http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/xri/ballot.php?id=1152

Please DO NOT REPLY to this email; instead, vote using the above link.

The text of this ballot is as follows:
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"IPR Transition Request"
Does the XRI Technical Committee agree to request the TC Administrator to
run an IPR Transition Ballot to adopt the IPR Mode "RF/Limited"?

- Yes
- No
- Abstain

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The ballot closes Friday, 1 December 2006 @ 18:00 PT.  Please vote before
then by visiting:

http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/xri/ballot.php?id=1152

Thank you,
OASIS Open Administration