[OpenID board] CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

[David Recordon]

This is outlined in the IPR Process: http://openid.net/ipr/OpenID_Process_Document_(Final_Clean_20071221).pdf 
.  It wouldn't hurt to streamline it into an easy to follow page or  
something though.

--David

On Feb 26, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Drummond Reed wrote:

> 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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