FYI, by design, any change to the IPR policies or procedures of the foundation
requires a vote of the membership and a supermajority vote of the board. I
believe that this would include using a different IPR contribution agreement,
including the OWF's. This is doable. We've held such a vote once before to
simplify the creation of working groups. But the board should be aware that
this can't be done with just a board action. I believe that 1/4 of the members
must turn out and vote, and a majority of those voting must approve of the
changes.
-- Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Thibeau (OIDF
ED)
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:52 PM
To: 'Nat Sakimura'; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Proposal for a resolution on Copyright of the specs.
Will do
-----Original Message-----
From: Nat Sakimura [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:05 PM
To: [email protected]; Don Thibeau (OIDF ED)
Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Proposal for a resolution on Copyright of the
specs.
Don,
Is it possible to get a legal advice from our counsel?
=nat
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Nat Sakimura <[email protected]> wrote:
> From what I understand, OWF agreement is akin to OIDF Contribution
Agreement.
> i.e., Contributor to OIDF agreement.
>
> What we are talking here is the licensing from OIDF to the rest of the
world.
>
> Also, while OWF agreement is attractive, it is hard to retrofit to the
existing
> specs. Once the OpenID Process is modified (requires membership vote),
> we can use OWF agreement for further WG works.
>
> =nat
>
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:38 AM, David Recordon <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> The IPR policy actually includes a copyright license for the
specifications.
>> The Foundation may have the right to CC license them, but I'd rather see
us
>> take advantage of the OWF work which specifically addresses licensing of
>> specifications.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Nat Sakimura <[email protected]>
wrote:
>>>
>>> I raised it a while ago, and since it was raised again today, let me
>>> propose this:
>>>
>>> BE IT RESOLVED that Creative Commons CC BY-SA copyright license to be
>>> applied on all the openid specifications and that the copyright notice
>>> to be shown on those documents.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we can make it a topic of today's board meeting. Otherwise, I
>>> propose to do the email vote.
>>>
>>> --
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