Could the licensing in #6 also allow Creative Commons licensed content
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) as another option.
Should serve the same purpose and will be perceived as "less evil".
I'm just worried about the wording of the clause seeming like it is
too controlling or overbearing.
--David
On May 7, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Mike Jones wrote:
Thanks for the attention to detail, Drummond. How about this
wording the clauses in question?
2 - Registration
Organizations must apply to the OIDF for recognition as a Local
Chapter by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In this email,
Chapters must signify their agreement to the terms of this policy
and supply: a) contact information for the organizers, b) the URL
that the OIDF should use when listing the chapter, c) a description
of the region or community that the organization serves, and d) the
name of the chapter.
6 - Intellectual Property
Chapters must agree that any intellectual property or trademarks
developed or held by the Chapter must be freely available for use to
the OpenID Community, in particular, they must agree that any
intellectual property or trademarks developed or held by the local
chapter must either be owned by OIDF, jointly owned by the OIDF, or
licensed to the OIDF under terms that allow OIDF to use them in
whatever way it sees fit, including sublicensing to others under
terms of its choosing. The one exception to this policy is that a
Chapter may have a Chapter logo or mark that is only available to
members of that Chapter, provided that that logo or mark does not
infringe the OpenID trademark.
Finally, 7 and 13 are not in conflict if the relationship that a
local chapter has with another organization (13) is with another
local chapter also committed to the Purpose (7). If you see it
differently Drummond, specifically what conflict do you see in this
case?
Thanks all,
-- Mike
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Drummond Reed
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Revised local chapters policy
Mike,
This is looking good. See four items of (relatively minor) feedback
inline. Once these are dealt with I’d move to adopt this at
Thursday’s meeting.
=Drummond
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mike Jones
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 9:38 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [OpenID board] Revised local chapters policy
The proposed revised local chapters policy is below. You can
compare it to the existing local chapters policy in force athttp://openid.net/foundation/chapters/
. This has been developed with a lot of input from Snorri and Nat
(thanks guys!) and should enable us to have both OpenID Europe and
OpenID Japan sign on as local chapters. Please consider this before
the board meeting on Thursday, as I plan to have us vote on it then.
Thanks all,
--
Mike
OIDF Local Chapters Policy
1 - Independent Organizations
Local Chapters (“Chapters”) are independent of the OpenID Foundation
("OIDF") itself and thus can either be informal organizations or
formal legal entities, which is a decision left to the Chapter
organizers.
2 - Registration
Chapters must register with OIDF by sending an email to [email protected]
. In this email, Chapters will signify their agreement to the terms
of this policy, and will supply all contact information to be used
for this Chapter, so that the Chapters committee can maintain the
references on the OIDF web site ("openid.net").
This still is not as clear as asking the Chapter to provide: a)
contact info at the time of application, and b) the URL that the
OIDF should use to reference ongoing contact information for the
chapter.
3 - Members
Chapters will clearly inform their members and prospective members
that membership in the Local Chapter does not grant them membership
in the OIDF and will encourage their members to also join OIDF.
4 - Leadership Team
Chapters must be headed by a designated leadership team, composed of
at least three people.
5 - Internet site
Chapters should have their own web site, listing events and news.
This Chapter-sponsored web site is the responsibility of the chapter
organizers, not of the OIDF staff or volunteers.
6 - Intellectual Property
Chapters must agree that any intellectual property or trademarks
developed or held by the Chapter must be freely available for use to
the OpenID Community, in particular, they must agree that any
intellectual property or trademarks developed or held by the local
chapter must either be owned by OIDF, jointly owned by the OIDF, or
licensed to the OIDF under terms that allow OIDF to use them in
whatever way it sees fit, including sublicensing to others under
terms of its choosing.
This still does not include the exception that a Chapter should be
able to have a Chapter logo or mark that is only available to
members of that Chapter.
7 - Purpose
Chapters must agree that all Chapter activities are focused on
fostering the widespread adoption and use of OpenID and in support
of the OIDF's mission statement.
The way this is worded (“all Chapter activities”) is in conflict
with #13 below.
8 - Financing
Chapters must operate independently, with no expectation of
receiving funds from OIDF. However, they may apply to the OIDF board
for funding of specific activities or events, and these requests
will be considered on their merits.
9 - Activities Report
Chapters must exhibit “liveness”. At least every year the Chapter's
leaders must report to the Local Chapters Committee on their chapter
activities. Meetings are good. Evidence of an active mailing list
is sufficient.
10 - Listing of Chapters
OIDF will list the Chapters on openid.net in a geographically
organized list, providing contact information and link sites to the
Chapter.
11 - Nondiscriminatory Acceptance
All proposed Chapters agreeing to abide by the Local Chapters Policy
will be accepted as Local Chapters by the OIDF.
12 - Territories
OIDF will recognize any proposed eligible Local Chapters, regardless
of the geographic scope of the chapter, including chapters with
overlapping territories and missions. Chapters organized at the
nation state level may apply to the OIDF to be recognized as the
OIDF-designated national chapter. OIDF will recognize at most one
chapter as the designated national chapter in a nation-state at any
time.
13 - Non-Exclusive Relationships
Chapters are free to maintain relationships and partnerships with
other organizations and to maintain their own memberships, provided
that the purpose and conduct of those relationships is consistent
with this Local Chapters Policy.
I agree with this but to keep it we need to adjust the language on
#7 above.
14 - Local Chapters Committee
OIDF may authorize a Local Chapters Committee. This committee must
be composed of at least one Chapter leader and at least one OIDF
board member.
15 - Chapter Removal
If a Chapter has violated the Chapters Policy (e.g.: if a Chapter
does not report its activities or pursues activities in conflict
with its mission to promote OpenID) and the violation has not been
corrected and completely resolved within 3 months after written
notice by OIDF, OIDF can remove that Chapter from its listings. The
OIDF Board may delegate the authority to de-list a chapter with
cause to the Local Chapters Committees. A Chapter may appeal the
committee's decision to the board. A Chapter may also request to be
de-listed.
16 - Changes to the Local Chapters Policy
If the OIDF alters the Local Chapters Policy it will notify Local
Chapter leaders of the change. Following notification, the Local
Chapter leaders will have 90 days to reply to the Local Chapters
Committee either accepting the revised policy or stating why they
are unwilling to operate under the revised policy. Should they not
accept the revised policy, the OIDF will record the policy version
under which the Chapter was admitted and allow that chapter to
continue operating under that policy, except in cases where the
board determines that substantial legal risk or financial harm would
be incurred by the OIDF or that damage to OpenID would result.
Failure to formally opt out of the revised policy within 90 days of
the change will be deemed acceptance of the new policy.
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