[OpenID board] CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Mike Jones
Michael.Jones at microsoft.com
Tue Feb 26 00:54:01 UTC 2008
I also agree that it would be good to cover this on the board call since we also need to form a work group to complete the PAPE specification, which I'd like to have start within weeks, not months.
Thanks,
-- Mike
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From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf Of Drummond Reed
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 4:06 PM
To: board at openid.net
Subject: Re: [OpenID board] CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
I agree with Nat -- the Contribution Agreements all work in the past. How
specifically does a new working group start its work and obtain contribution
agreements for new work going forward?
This is fairly urgent topic as Nat and others want to propose new work and
get started.
Scott, can you add that to the agenda for this Thursday's board telecon?
Thanks,
=Drummond
> -----Original Message-----
> From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf
> Of Nat Sakimura
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 7:49 PM
> To: board at openid.net
> Cc: general at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
>
> Since this mail is rather long, here is the excecutive summary.
>
> (0) I want to start contributing and thus sign the contribution agreement.
> (1) The current non-assertion agreement is only for the works of the past.
> (2) Therefore, it does not work for the new contributions on a new work
> group.
> (3) Which document shall I sign for making contributions?
>
> Following is the detail:
>
> http://openid.net/ipr/Non-Assertion-
> Agreement/OpenID_IP_Contribution_Agreement_(Entities)_20071205.pdf
>
> The document is specifically for the Specifications which is defined
> as in section 1 (g)
>
> (g) "Specifications" means solely the indicated versions of the
> following documents (each of which, as of the
> Effective Date, is located at the indicated URL): (i) OpenID
> Authentication 1.1 (http://openid.net/specs/openid‐
> authentication‐1_1.html);; (ii) OpenID Simple Registration
> Extension 1.0 (http://openid.net/specs/openid‐simple‐
> registration‐extension‐1_0.html);; (iii) OpenID Authentication 2.0
> - Implementer's Draft 12
> (http://openid.net/specs/openid‐authentication‐2_0‐12.html); (v)
> Yadis Discovery Protocol 1.0
> (http://yadis.org/papers/yadis‐v1.0.pdf); and (vi) OpenID Attribute
> Exchange - Draft 8
> (http://openid.net/specs/openid‐attribute‐exchange‐1_0‐08.html).
>
> Moreover, "Contribution" is defined in section 1(a) as
>
> (a) "Contributions" means any written communication made by or
> on behalf of Contributor before the Effective Date and intended
> for inclusion in a Specification.
>
> Note that Effective Date is the date of signing this agreement.
>
> So it does not include the future proposed specification at all, from
> what I see.
> To this extent, I do not think this agreement can be used to initiate
> a new Work Group specified in the spec. process document. In fact,
> none of us, including those who have signed this contribution
> agreement can start contributing for new things at all, if my
> interpretation is right (and I think I am right.)
>
>
> =nat
>
>
> 2008/2/20, Nat Sakimura <n-sakimura at nri.co.jp>:
> > Hi all:
> >
> > I have looked at:
> > http://openid.net/ipr/Non-Assertion-
> Agreement/OpenID_IP_Contribution_Agreement_(Entities)_20071205.pdf
> >
> > Looks like it is not the general case. (If I am not reading it wrong,
> it
> > only covers "the Specifications")
> >
> > If I were to start a WG process, the contributors need to submit
> > Contribution Agreement as par IPR Policy. Which particular document
> > should I submit?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nat Sakimura (=nat)
> > Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
> >
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>
> --
> Nat Sakimura (=nat)
> http://www.sakimura.org/en/
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