Fw: [members] Notification of Revised IPR Policy & New IPR TransitionPolicy

I've received a message to chairs that
the staff will be hosting a call to handle q&a's on this with chairs
of TC's.  If you have any questions you'd like us to get answers to,
please let John and I know.

Regards, Diane

IBM  Emerging Internet Software Standards



(919)254-7221 or 8-444-7221, Mobile: 919-624-5123, Fax 845-491-5709

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[members] Notification of
Revised IPR Policy & New IPR Transition Policy

OASIS Members:

I'm pleased to notify you of the Board approval of the revised OASIS

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy [1], IPR Transition Policy [2],

and Membership Agreement on 20 January (to be posted soon). The effective

date of the revised IPR Policy and new IPR Transition Policy is 15 April

2005.  These documents represent almost three years of effort on the
part of

OASIS directors and staff. Their dedication, hard work, and creative

thinking have resulted in policies that will help assure implementers

worldwide that OASIS Standards can continue to be adopted with confidence.

I would also like to thank all OASIS members who reviewed the Policy draft

and provided such valuable input [5]. Your concerns and suggestions were

instrumental in adopting Policies that provide the clarification,

flexibility, and accountability we require, while preserving the positive

environment for collaboration on which we all rely.

Two new FAQ documents [3][4] have been created to help explain the OASIS
IPR

Policy and IPR Transition Policy. I encourage you to review them at your

earliest convenience and direct any unaddressed questions you might have
to

. We are committed to making the transition
to

the revised IPR Policy as easy as possible for every OASIS member and

Technical Committee.

Regards,

Patrick Gannon

President and CEO

OASIS

[1] OASIS IPR Policy

http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php

[2] OASIS IPR Transition Policy

http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr_transition_policy.php

[3] OASIS IPR Policy FAQ

http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr_faq.php

[4] OASIS IPR Transition Policy FAQ

http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/transition_faq.php

[5] Board Responses to Member Comments on the Draft IPR Policy

http://www.oasis-open.org/private/member_review_log.2005-02-01.php

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