[legal] Updated Contribution Agreements

Tue Jan 8 02:49:45 UTC 2008

Hello

[I commented on
http://openid.net/2007/12/31/openid-intellectual-property-policy-approved/
when I first saw this but saw no response.]

Can someone enlighten me (and doubtless quite a few others):

* Can one still be on the @openid.net lists without signing anything?
* Will anything discussed on the lists be implicitly assumed to be
covered by the IPR policy?

I've tried to check the rationale docs, but can't figure it out. Do I
confuse the lists with upcoming, "proper", working groups?

Also: any chance of a FAQ entry that describes the diffs to for
example W3C, IETF, OASIS IPR policies and processes?

Thanks,
Hans

PS. Btw, the rationale document linked from
http://openid.net/foundation/intellectual-property/ seems to have
disappeared. Is it correct to assume Draft_20070925.pdf is still the
latest and that it will be updated?

On 1/7/08, Daggett, David <david.daggett at klgates.com> wrote:
> Group, updated drafts are attached.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scott.kveton at gmail.com [mailto:scott.kveton at gmail.com] On Behalf
> Of Scott Kveton
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:28 AM
> To: Daggett, David
> Cc: Bill Washburn; legal at openid.net; dick at sxip.com;
> drecordon at sixapart.com; drummond.reed at cordance.net; jernst at netmesh.us;
> gabe.wachob at amsoft.net; sky at crucially.net
> Subject: Re: Updated Contribution Agreements
>
> > The purpose of a legal "copy" address is so that legal notices are
> > copied to someone (in addition to the intended recipient) who is
> likely
> > to receive/review the notice in a timely fashion.  Having legal
> notices
> > copied to the OpenID Foundation PO Box address defeats this purpose
> > somewhat, at least to the extent that mail is picked up and reviewed
> by
> > the same person(s) who receive mail at the 222 SW Columbia Street
> > Address.  That said, we can use the PO Box for now, if you have ceased
> > using your prior counsel, and you can update the address (and send
> > notice to then-current Contributors) when OIDF has retained new
> counsel.
> > If that sounds workable to you, please let me know what PO Box to use,
> > and I will update the drafts.
>
> We are still with that legal council but I don't want all of our
> documents to point to any one vendor ... vendors change, the org
> doesn't.
>
> Please use:
>
> OpenID Foundation
> 946 NW Circle Blvd Suite #339
> Corvallis, OR 97330
> US
>
> Thanks David,
>
> - Scott
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scott.kveton at gmail.com [mailto:scott.kveton at gmail.com] On Behalf
> > Of Scott Kveton
> > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:54 PM
> > To: Bill Washburn
> > Cc: Daggett, David; legal at openid.net; dick at sxip.com;
> > drecordon at sixapart.com; drummond.reed at cordance.net; jernst at netmesh.us;
> > gabe.wachob at amsoft.net; sky at crucially.net
> >
> > Subject: Re: Updated Contribution Agreements
> >
> > That's a good point ... that's the address of our current lawyer ...
> > should we use our PO box for this?  David D: thoughts?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2008 12:09 PM, Bill Washburn <bill at oidf.org> wrote:
> > > Scott, David,
> > >
> > > I have a single question.  Is the address listed on the agreements
> the
> > one
> > > that we will continue to use in 2008?  I was not sure what we had
> > discussed.
> > >
> > > Having these forms available on the website would be excellent.
> > Thanks.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > -bill
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 4, 2008 9:34 AM, Scott Kveton <scott at kveton.com> wrote:
> > > > Do we need these up on the website?  More than happy to do so if
> > > > that's the case.
> > > >
> > > > - Scott
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 3, 2008 11:08 PM, Daggett, David <
> david.daggett at klgates.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Group, updated Contribution Agreements are attached in clean,
> > redline
> > > > > (compare), and pdf formats.  These incorporate a field or fields
> > for
> > > > > "OpenID" and include the OpenID legal contact information.
> Please
> > do
> > > not
> > > > > hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding the
> > above or
> > > the
> > > > > attached.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > >
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