Re: RDF WG agrees to publish JSON-LD

As do I -- no reservations in agreeing to the patent-free assertion.

  -J

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Gregg Kellogg <gregg@greggkellogg.net> wrote:
> Yes, if it wasn't clear, I also fully agree to the patent-free assertion.
>
> Gregg
>
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Niklas Lindström wrote:
>
>> Yes, this was definitely great news!
>>
>> For the record, I fully agree to the patent-free assertion, with no
>> reservations whatsoever! :)
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Niklas
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Some great news from yesterday, if you didn't see it on Twitter. The RDF
>>> Working Group approved to publish both the JSON-LD Syntax and the
>>> JSON-LD API as First Public Working Drafts through the W3C:
>>>
>>> http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/meeting/2012-05-30#line0235
>>>
>>> The intention is to take these documents all the way to REC (which is
>>> basically W3C-speak for "world standard"). So, great news.
>>>
>>> We have a number of things we're going to have to do in the next two
>>> weeks to ensure that the transition will happen smoothly. The editors
>>> will take care of most of it, but if you've taken part in the discussion
>>> about JSON-LD, you will need to do one final thing. So, keep reading if
>>> you've made a comment on the mailing list that may have resulted in a
>>> spec change.
>>>
>>> We need to do the following things in the next two weeks:
>>>
>>> 1. Apply all changes that members of the RDF WG requested (within
>>>   reason) to the Syntax and API specs. Gregg and I will take care of
>>>   this.
>>> 2. Change the copyright on the documents to the W3C Permissive
>>>   copyright.
>>> 3. Finalize the documents and assert that no algorithms covered
>>>   by known patents went into the document (everyone in the group
>>>   that has said anything on the mailing list should do this).
>>>
>>> So, if you've said anything on the mailing list - please be ready to do
>>> #3. To be clear, the more people that contributed to the discussion that
>>> agree to the patent-free assertion, the better off we are. All the
>>> editors of the spec will make the assertion, which is all we really
>>> need... but it never hurts to have folks like Josh Mandel also make the
>>> patent-free assertion (he has been active in raising issues and
>>> discussing them in the issue tracker).
>>>
>>> Good news overall - and we should be on to the next phase of getting
>>> JSON-LD standardized within the next two weeks. Great work to everyone
>>> that has participated in the discussion and looking forward to more
>>> insightful comments from the community on the specs as we take them to REC!
>>>
>>> -- manu
>>>
>>> --
>>> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny)
>>> President/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
>>> blog: PaySwarm Website for Developers Launched
>>> http://digitalbazaar.com/2012/02/22/new-payswarm-alpha/
>>>
>>
>
>

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