[OpenID board] The Specs Council and Process (WAS: Re: Executive Committee meeting 12/18/2008 ...)

[Dick Hardt]

On 17-Dec-08, at 4:40 PM, David Recordon wrote:
> Yes, I don't propose changing the process for publishing  
> Implementors Drafts or the Final Specification at this time.  As far  
> as I can tell, this is:
>
> Implementors Draft:
> - WG comes to consensus to publish an Implementors Draft
> - 45 day IPR review period starts aimed at contributors
> - The OIDF board has 30 days (within the 45) to make sure the  
> Implementors Draft won't "create untenable legal liability for OIDF  
> or the Board" and that it is not outside of the WG's scope.
> - (It seems there is also written in a membership vote here, though  
> it doesn't make sense and I'm guessing is an extra copy/paste.)
>
> Final Specification:
> - WG comes to consensus to publish the Final Specification after at  
> least one Implementors Draft
> - 60 day IPR review period starts aimed at contributors
> - The OIDF board has 30 days (within the 45) to make sure the  
> Implementors Draft won't "create untenable legal liability for OIDF  
> or the Board" and that it is not outside of the WG's scope.
> - 14 day notice period of an OIDF member vote to approve the Final  
> Specification

This creates a perception of a long period of time. It would be  
benificial to talk about what else happens in this period of time  
(people are building and testing implementations etc. so that it does  
not look like we are just waiting for a long review to finish.

-- Dick