[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)
> >> http://www.sakimura.org/en/
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