Re: SVG Glyphs in OpenType specification: action required!

Sorry, please disregard the prior half-baked response, this is a side effect of using touch screen.

Hi Sairus, all,

While it is true that ISO AHG on. Font format has one of the mandates to collaborate with W3C on SVG in OpenType, it doesn't impose any limitations on the things that W3C CG can do. As a community group we are free to modify the document and publish it at any time a change is made, this does not affect the ISO OFF development in any way, at least not until the time when the results of the CG work are presented as a proposal for the ISO spec. Once the proposal is made, any future changes would have to be officially communicated to ISO SC29/WG11 either as  liaison between two organizations or as individual member contribution.

It is also important to note that, as far as IP commitments are concerned, when the proposal is presented for ISO standardization we are expected to comply with the ISO IP policy (which is more relaxed than W3C RF patent policy and only requires commitment to license the critical IP, if any, on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms).

Thank you,
Vlad


On Oct 10, 2013, at 3:02 PM, "Sairus Patel" <sppatel@adobe.com> wrote:

> Vlad, 
> 
> Could you please comment (from the OFF side of things) on the implications
> of this CG publishing this "final" report?
> 
> My understanding is that the AHG has a mandate to collaborate with this CG
> on the SVG-in-OT specification, and that the OFF proposal (i.e. the Word
> docs for the SVG and CPAL tables) can continue to be tweaked or modified,
> even though this CG considers the spec (at least the SVG table's spec) as
> "final".
> 
> Does this match the way you see things? Getting some more clarity on this
> would help us understand what it means to "make a commitment" to this
> final report.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sairus
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
> Organization: W3C
> Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:53 PM
> To: "public-svgopentype@w3.org" <public-svgopentype@w3.org>
> Subject: SVG Glyphs in OpenType specification: action required!
> Resent-From: "public-svgopentype@w3.org" <public-svgopentype@w3.org>
> Resent-Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:53 PM
> 
>> Hello folks,
>> 
>> Given the lack of further discussion or objections since Sairus
>> submitted the final revised SVG Glyphs in OpenType proposal, I have
>> converted it into HTML5 and published it as a final report.
>> 
>> http://www.w3.org/2013/10/SVG_in_OpenType/
>> 
>> You can read about that here
>> http://www.w3.org/community/svgopentype/2013/10/09/call-for-final-specific
>> ation-commitments-for-svg-glyphs-in-opentype-specification/
>> 
>> but the bottom line is that, since this is a final report, it requires
>> a sign off step from each of you. This is to give a royalty free
>> patent cover on the specification.
>> 
>> Note: On joining the community group you already agreed to the
>> Community License
>> http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/cla-deed/
>> which does much the same thing. But for the final report, you need to
>> explicitly agree (or not agree) to the Final Specification Agreement
>> 
>> summary:
>> http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/fsa-deed/
>> full text
>> http://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/final/
>> 
>> What you are agreeing to is firstly copyright, that the spec can use
>> any contributions that you made during discussions; and secondly a
>> royalty free patent license for any *essential* patents that you may
>> be holding.
>> 
>> The form you need for doing that is here:
>> http://www.w3.org/community/svgopentype/spec/63/makecommitment
>> and its a basic yes or no question.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> Chris                          mailto:chris@w3.org
>

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