On Dec 12, 2007, at 5:15 PM, Rachel Foerster wrote:
> Well, Klaus, when an organization experiences declining membership,
> and when it is a membership dues-revenue based organization, and
> another substantial portion of its revenue comes from selling its
> work product, one can begin to understand the desperate effort to
> find other revenue sources.
Rachel, as you well know this is not the first time that DISA/X12 ran
into this situation, lucky for X12 they were able to recruit another
industry in need for EDI standardization with a large user base
willing to join X12. This time around there seems to be no other
industry that can supply X12 with new dues paying members.
> Almost every other ANSI-accredited SDO, non-ANSI accredited SDOs
> like W3C, OASIS, IETF, and other industry-sector specific
> organizations (e.g., CAQH/CORE) almost always make their
> specifications and guides publicly available at no cost. After all,
> isnt the goal to facilitate electronic data interchange, electronic
> commerce, etc. rather than selling standards and IGs?
There are still a few, including ISO that sell their standards, but as
far as I know no standards or user organization has gone as far as
asking implementers to pay a license fee for implementing their
standards. It may just break the camel's back.
> Unfortunately, X12 and DISA are in a double blind: membership is
> declining, the mix of current member types and sizes results in less
> membership dues revenue, and fewer organizations are buying the
> standards. Im not saying Im in favor of the proposed IPR policy,
> just trying to illuminate the drivers of such a policy.
Rachel, thanks for you explaining the motivation behind the policy.
BTW, this is not the first time that this topic has been discussed by
the X12 StC. I was still a StC member when this idea surfaced for the
first time, but luckily common sense at that time prevailed.
As other list members have expressed, there are other ways to deal
with the shortage of revenue income, that of cutting expenses by
reviewing if X12 needs all the services that DISA is supplying. One
should not live beyond their means. Going after the implementers in
forcing them to join X12, purchase the overpriced table data, or
paying a license fee will only result in reduction of product
offerings and/or increase of product pricing. Bottom line the end user
will be the one paying for X12 license program.
Klaus
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