Apple votes YES on FORUM-022. > On May 15, 2024, at 8:01 AM, Ben Wilson via Public <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ballot FORUM-022: Establish Forum IPR Subcommittee > > Proposed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and endorsed by Roman Fischer of SwissSign > and Clint Wilson of Apple. > > Purpose of Ballot > > The CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy and > associated documentation were last revised in 2018. Since then, there have > been requests for clarification about application of the IPR Policy to > contributions of non-Forum Members, and sections of the IPR Policy and > documentation have been identified as needing amendment, including the form > for filing and handling of Essential Claim Exclusion Notices. It is proposed > that a Charter be adopted establishing a Forum IPR Subcommittee (FIPR) and > that the proposed scope of the FIPR be to update and improve the IPR Policy > and associated documentation and to discuss the following: > > (a) How to address contributions provided by non-Forum Members (e.g., invited > experts, guest speakers, researchers, etc.); > (b) If any clarifications and/or changes are necessary to the IPR Policy in > view of recent events; and > (c) A potential contributor license agreement for the Forum’s GitHub > repository and policy for contributing to the Forum’s GitHub repository. > > Following the passage of this ballot: > A new Forum IPR Subcommittee will be formed under the CA/Browser Forum, as > outlined in section 5.6 of the Bylaws (Forum Subcommittees); > Mailing list(s), GitHub repository(ies), Wiki resource(s), and other > collaboration tools will be established as needed to enable the Forum > Subcommittee to fulfill its charter; and > The Forum Subcommittee will publish a set of recommended revisions to the IPR > Policy and associated documentation for the Forum to adopt. > > MOTION BEGINS > > Establish Forum IPR Subcommittee > > Upon approval from the CA/Browser Forum by ballot in accordance with sections > 2.3 and 5.6 of the Forum Bylaws, the Forum IPR Subcommittee (“FIPR”) is > created to perform the activities as specified in the Charter, which is found > here: > > https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/30de00ae9672088cf618706b9e7c464fa8c34c51...b50bc495ced317c437ed6b397bb4fb574484b56b > > MOTION ENDS > > The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows: > > Discussion (7+ days) > > Start Time: 2024-May-06 22:00 UTC > End Time: After 2024-May-13 22:00 UTC > > Vote for approval (7 days) > > Start Time: 2024-May-15 15:00 UTC > End Time: 2024-May-22 15:00 UTC > > _______________________________________________ > Public mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public
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