TrustAsia votes YES on Ballot FORUM-022.
Best regards,
Rollin Yu
> On May 15, 2024, at 23:01, Ben Wilson via Public 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
>
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