Re: DID V1.0 Drafts and revsions

This was the final community group report that was the basis of the first draft of what is now close to a final standard:

https://www.w3.org/2019/08/did-20190828/ <https://www.w3.org/2019/08/did-20190828/>

Ivan

> On 20 Sep 2021, at 14:13, Ganesh B <ganeshsurfs@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello Mr Ivan,
> 
> Greetings. Thank you for your immediate response.
> 
> "But that is quite irrelevant by now and actually the old URLs redirect to this one"
> If you are okay sharing the document, I would like to see all the drafts. Please help me take a look at the same. I believe it may be from one of IBM or related vendors or the Blockchain Community.
> 
> For the patent policy, let me have a look at the link and come back to you. I have cybersecurity issues (and other issues), and I may want to contest this draft if it is a recently done patent. Though I do not intend to block advancements to the computing world and this draft, I would definitely like to take a look at this looking back. I appreciate your patience.
> 
> Have a nice day ahead.
> 
> Regards,
> Ganesh B
> +919986052445
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> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 3:54 PM Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org <mailto:ivan@w3.org>> wrote:
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>> On 20 Sep 2021, at 12:15, Ganesh B <ganeshsurfs@gmail.com <mailto:ganeshsurfs@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Hello Mr Ivan,
>> 
>> Thank you for the quick response.
>> 
>> There is one that I saw. I will take a look at it. I have just two questions:
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>> - Was there any other version of DID anytime before. When was the first draft of DID released?
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> There was a draft produced by a community group and that was submitted to the WG a long time ago. But that is quite irrelevant by now and actually the old URLs redirect to this one.
> 
>> - Is the DID V1.0 ID and related process patented technology. I may want to raise a concern if so.
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> This is a highly legal question, so I prefer to direct you to the official W3C Patent Policy of W3C:
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> https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20200915/ <https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20200915/>
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> This policy applies to this Working Group as well. The Licensing/Patent policy status of the WG is here:
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> https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/did/ipr <https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/did/ipr>
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> 
> Ivan
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>> 
>> Have a great day ahead.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Ganesh B
>> 
>> On Monday, September 20, 2021, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org <mailto:ivan@w3.org>> wrote:
>> You can follow up the 'previous version' link in the header of the document, from there again to the previous version link, etc.
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>> Ivan Herman
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>>> On 20 Sep 2021, at 10:41, Ganesh B <ganeshsurfs@gmail.com <mailto:ganeshsurfs@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Hello and greetings from Ganesh.
>>> 
>>> I was looking at DID V1.0 document submitted on 3rd August 2021 at https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/ <https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/> . 
>>> 
>>> Can I know where I can find all the drafts/revisions of the DID V1.0 and any previous version drafts, if any? I may have a contention.
>>> 
>>> Your references are greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Ganesh B
>>> +919986052445
>>> Sri Krishnay Namah
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