Re: SVG Glyphs in OpenType specification: action required!

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?

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. 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?

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).

Best,
Adam

On 13-10-14 12:27, Chris Lilley wrote:
> Hello Sairus,
>
> Thursday, October 10, 2013, 3:02:01 PM, you wrote:
>
>> Vlad,
>> Could you please comment (from the OFF side of things) on the implications
>> of this CG publishing this "final" report?
> It means that it is ready to be handed off for standardisation (often
> in community groups that would mean forming a W3C Working Group to
> standardise what is in the report; although not in this case).
>
>> 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".
> Yes, that is the nature of standardization; things get changed in the
> process.
>
> Remember that Community Groups explore; they do not create standards
> track specifications, only inputs to them.
>
>> 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.
> Sairus, I'm not sure what you are finding unclear.
>
>
>> -----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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