[OpenID board] CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Nat Sakimura sakimura at gmail.com
Wed Feb 27 04:09:18 UTC 2008


Hi.

So does this mean that there is no document to sign to be Contributor?
How do you know that one has agreed to the IPR policy?
(Note: a contributor does not even need to be a member.)

Regards,

=nat

08/02/27 に David Recordon<drecordon at sixapart.com> さんは書きました:
> 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)
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