Re: SVG Glyphs in OpenType specification: action required!

Hello all,

Thanks for the explanation. I think I probably understand the process to
fix the standardization.

However I have a suggestion which I sent the another mail thread. How do I
have to discuss it with this community members before standardization??

onyx
2013/10/18 1:05 "Chris Lilley" <chris@w3.org>:

> Hello Adam,
>
> Thursday, October 17, 2013, 4:43:15 PM, you wrote:
>
> > So in a nutshell, expressing the "commitment" essentially means that we
> > stop working on the SVG-in-OT spec in the "SVG in OpenType community
> > group" and the work will be (hopefully, presumably) picked up by OFF,
> > where further work on this will be done -- correct?
>
> Exactly. Community Groups produce specifications but they don't
> produce standards.
>
> > In a way, this is similar to where Microsoft or Apple etc. prepares a
> > proposal internally and then submits it to the OFF for further
> > discussion.
>
> Yes, except this one was produced by an open consensus process between
> multiple companies; and it comes with some patent protection licensing
> that includes RAND but extends it to include 'no fee and no written
> license'
>
> > In this case, the community group was like Microsoft or
> > Apple, i.e. this has been an "internal" discussion and proposal so far
> > -- but once we all sign off on it here in the community group, someone
> > (W3C?) can submit that proposal to OFF. Right?
>
> W3C will indeed submit it.
>
> > If that's the case, I'm happy to recommend everyone to "express
> > commitment", so we can move the discussion and the proposal into the
> > more formalized place (OFF, that is).
>
> Thanks.
>
> As of right now we have licensing commitments from 7 of the 18
> participants. For W3C Member companies the commitment is made by the
> Advisory Committe representative on behalf of all participants from
> that company. So for example I understand that Adobe is working on
> this and they have six participants, so that commitment would take the
> total to 13 out of 18.
>
> http://www.w3.org/community/svgopentype/spec/63/commitments
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  Chris                            mailto:chris@w3.org
>
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