Re: DXWG Plenary 2020-11-17T21:00:00

Hi everyone,

Regrets from me again. I'm awfully sorry but the timings just don't align for me...

Fwiw I have no objection to adopting the new patent policy right now! But I can very well live with the current one if a majority prefers it.

Cheers,

Antoine

On 14/11/2020 15:51, Peter Winstanley wrote:
> Dear Colleagues
> 
> The next plenary meeting of the working group is 2020-11-17 at 21:00 UTC
> The Chair of the meeting is still to be confirmed.
> 
> The draft agenda is published at https://www.w3.org/2017/dxwg/wiki/Meetings:Telecon2020.11.17
> 
> Please note the item relating to the patent policy - a decision needs to be made.
> 
> As a reminder of the issues, please re-visit the minutes of the last meeting - https://www.w3.org/2020/11/03-dxwg-minutes
> 
> An extract of the key points:
> 
> 
> We have a WG charter ( https://www.w3.org/2020/02/dx-wg-charter.html  ) regulating what we do. which links to the process doc - now 2020.
> … It also links to the patent policy, which is what you agreed to when joining the WG.
> … W3C did a major update to the patent policy back in Sep, concerning patent commitments.
> … Now it says that every time a call for exclusion is triggered, licensing commitments should not be present.
> … And this applies also to "living standards" - the standards that get updated in an agile way.
> … For us this means we have the option of adopting the new patent policy in December.
> … If we do that, the director will send a new charter, and this will require you to rejoin.
> … The other option is do nothing, and adopt the new patent policy when we re-charter the WG in 2022.
> … PLH recommends that we move to the new patent policy.
> 
> 
> Please either be able to make a decision at the meeting, or else indicate how you would like to vote if you cannot make the meeting [perhaps add to the agenda]
> 
> Regards
> 
> Peter & Ana

Received on Tuesday, 17 November 2020 18:09:33 UTC