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Ben,<br>
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Obviously I have nothing against Entrust, Tim and Bruce rejoin the
forum - I actually miss them :-)<br>
<br>
BUT....I'm not sure if this is a wise thing to do because Entrust is
a certificate authority, a previous member and a member that left
the forum due to the IPR policy. Somehow it simply doesn't sound
good to me and might be a slippery slope if we introduce such
waivers for this or the other requirement the CAB Forum has decided
it wants in first place. <br>
<br>
Tomorrow something else could turn up and another CA could be
affected and then we are in a problem if Entrust got some
preferential today and don't allow it for another one. Just my 0.02
US$ (and I believe Entrust will understand and consider it the right
thing too if they'd be a member today).<br>
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On 01/23/2014 03:08 AM, From Ben Wilson:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Bylaws,
“other persons” may be invited by the Chair in the Chair’s
discretion to participate in a CA/Browser Forum Meeting based
on a person’s relevant expertise. In light of recent
discussion and the proposed Ballot 110, which if endorsed will
not complete voting until 6 February 2014, I am proposing that
we invite Bruce Morton of Entrust as our Invited Guest during
the working group and F2F Meeting 31 from 18-20 February 2014
and that we waive the IPR Agreement requirement for purposes
of such invitation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The basis for this request is that I have
known Bruce Morton since 2005 and he was present during the
early formation of the CA/Browser Forum during that time and
through July 2012 when Entrust had to withdraw from
participation in the CA/Browser Forum due to enforcement of
the IPR Policy. Bruce Morton has deployed and managed several
public and private PKIs for both government and industry for
over 15 years and over the last 8 years, Bruce has managed the
governance, compliance and risk management aspects of
Entrust's Certificate Services. He has indicated a desire to
attend the meetings and that Entrust is planning on executing
the IPR Agreement, but that due to logistics of obtaining
required corporate/legal approvals to sign the IPR Agreement,
he does not anticipate that the IPR Agreement will be
submitted in time for Meeting 31 to be held in Mountain View,
CA. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Based on these representations and for
other good and valid reasons, I believe that the CA/Browser
Forum should waive its requirements to sign the IPR Agreement
for Bruce Morton so that he may be invited to and attend the
upcoming meetings. <o:p></o:p></p>
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