[legal] OpenID - Revised Drafts of IPR Policy and Process Document

[Dick Hardt]

Bill

I am disappointed in the lack of community participation and public  
disclosures in creating these documents. I think we all want a  
standards creation process that is open, transparent and  
participatory -- we don't want standards that are forced through --  
so it is ironic that the process to create an open process was not  
well executed.

I agree we need to finalize the IPR so that the Foundation can move  
forward, and think the IPR documents we have will "work" -- I just  
wish we had done a better job of following a process to create the  
process.

-- Dick

On 20-Dec-07, at 10:04 AM, Bill Washburn wrote:

>
> I feel it is now fully incumbent on us to be decisive and declare  
> the IPR documents approved. Certainly now the Board would not be  
> remiss to vote the IPR done and approved with nothing more to do  
> beyond ensuring we get all the nitty-gritty details, like "legal  
> contact" and such, clearly sorted out.
>
> I also feel that we've made a supremely conscientious effort to  
> keep the community informed and welcome to make any comments since  
> last September when the substance of the IPR documents were made  
> available for public vetting.  From my perspective at least it  
> seems evident the paucity of recent comments reflects a sense that  
> all of this work was rather well received and digested some time  
> ago by the community of interested observers.
>
> Now it is time to take the Foundation public and announce we are  
> officially ready to proceed.
>
> cheers,
> -bill
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dick Hardt <dick at sxip.com>
> To: Mike Jones <Michael.Jones at microsoft.com>; legal at openid.net;  
> Scott Kveton <scott at kveton.com>; David Recordon  
> <drecordon at sixapart.com>; "drummond.reed at cordance.net Reed"  
> <drummond.reed at cordance.net>; Johannes Ernst <jernst at netmesh.us>;  
> "gabe.wachob at amsoft.net Wachob" <gabe.wachob at amsoft.net>;  
> "sky at crucially.net Bergman" <sky at crucially.net>; "bill at oidf.org  
> Washburn" <bill at oidf.org>; David Daggett <david.daggett at klgates.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:25:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [legal] OpenID - Revised Drafts of IPR Policy and  
> Process Document
>
> Darn, I started reviewing the document and got sidetracked.  
> Glancing over the document, it looks complex, but generally in line  
> with what we have discussed.
>
> Ideally the IPR Committee would have posted the complete set of  
> documents on the public site and announced them to the OpenID  
> Community to get Community feedback.
>
> I wonder about giving notice of formal votes: if a member has a  
> "legal contact", notice is supposed to be sent there. Does this  
> mean that postal mail is sent if it is a physical address? This  
> could be very cumbersome for providing notice for votes
>
> -- Dick
>
> On 20-Dec-07, at 12:54 AM, Mike Jones wrote:
>
>> Strangely, I’ve seen no comments on these drafts, either positive  
>> or negative.  Does that mean that the OIDF board is ready to vote  
>> them final as is, that discussion is occurring in other forums, or  
>> that people have disengaged for the holidays and we’ve given up on  
>> finishing the IPR work this year?
>>
>>                                                                 --  
>> Mike
>>
>> From: Daggett, David [mailto:david.daggett at klgates.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 11:27 PM
>> Subject: OpenID - Revised Drafts of IPR Policy and Process Document
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