<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Attached are the draft Bylaws and IPR Policy coming out of the IDtbd face to face meeting (which I did not attend) earlier this week. The model largely seems to be the same as from the discussions last year, a Board of Trustees mainly consisting of companies that control the funds within the organization and then a separate Leadership Council made up of working group leaders who request money from the company body. The Bylaws document is a red-line from last year so it is easy to see how little has actually changed. Additionally, the draft IPR Policy does not seem to take into account much of the innovation that has occurred over the past two years within the OpenID, OAuth, OpenSocial and Open Web Foundation communities but rather is a much more traditional large SDO policy.<div><br></div><div>While there is obviously enough interest in this model for Liberty to be moving forward, I still don't believe that it is a model matching the values of the OpenID community (nor that of the communities behind technologies like OAuth and OpenSocial).<div><br></div><div>--David<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Bill Smith <<a href="mailto:Bill.Smith@Sun.COM">Bill.Smith@Sun.COM</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 26, 2009 9:55:31 PM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:idtbd@googlegroups.com">idtbd@googlegroups.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[IDtbd] Rev 2.0 of Draft Bylaws and IPR Policy</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:idtbd@googlegroups.com">idtbd@googlegroups.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">All,<div><br></div><div>I wanted to thank to everyone that participated in the discussions over the past two days. I believe they were productive and have resulted in a better understanding of our issue and concerns.</div><div><br></div><div>Attached are updated Draft Bylaws and IPR Policy documents that I hope reflect the discussions that we held over the past two days. These new drafts are the result of review and revision by a small group of those that participated in the discussions and represent our best effort to establish a consensus position of all in the room.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bylaws are a redlined from Version 1.0. The IPR Policy is not redlined but includes changes that should reflect our intention that license obligations attach only to WG members. Below is a concise outline of the Policy:</div><div><br></div><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li>WG Member</li><ul class="MailOutline"><li>Default RF license obligation</li><li>Option to withdraw Necessary Claims to RAND during prescribed periods</li><li>Option to withdraw from WG (license obligation depends on timing of withdrawal)</li><li>Contributions RF, no option to withdraw (unless disclosure at time of contribution)</li></ul><li>WG Non-member</li><ul class="MailOutline"><li>No obligation to license</li></ul></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Please review and submit comments at your earliest convenience.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div></div></div> </blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>