<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 2:50 AM, Gervase Markham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gerv@mozilla.org" target="_blank">gerv@mozilla.org</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">OK, we're getting closer. Why do you think the 8.3 supports the idea of<br>
DG -> FG -> FMG? Here it is:<br>
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8.3 f): "'Final Maintenance Guideline' is an errata to or amendment of<br>
an existing CAB Forum Final Guideline."<br>
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</span>That seems fairly clearly to me to state that an FMG is a "patch" to an<br>
FG (i.e. a whole document), not that such a patch starts as a DG,<br>
becomes an FG and then becomes an FMG. Can you explain more clearly how<br>
you construe these words to reach your interpretation?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You're treating FG / FMG as mutually exclusive, which is certainly one reading.</div><div><br></div><div>It's important to consider all three:</div><div>d. “Draft Guideline” means a version of a CAB Forum guideline that has not been approved
as a Final Guideline or Final Maintenance Guideline, regardless of whether or not the Draft
Guideline has been published.</div><div>e. “Final Guideline” is any version of a Draft Guideline that the Participants have agreed is a
final version of such Draft Guideline pursuant to the CAB Forum process for approving Final
Guidelines.</div><div>f. “Final Maintenance Guideline” is an errata to or amendment of an existing CAB Forum
Final Guideline. </div><div><br></div><div>The argument goes as this:</div><div>1) Everything starts as a DG, by definition, since a DG is anything that hasn't been approved yet - and our Bylaws describe how Guidelines are approved (Ballots & Review)</div><div>2) When a DG is voted upon, it meets the definition of "Final Guideline" - since it's pursuant to the process of approving Final Guidelines (a ballot)</div><div>3) Therefore, we conclude that if everything starts as a DG, when it's voted upon, it becomes an FG</div><div><br></div><div>Now, if you don't agree that everything starts as a DG, it'd be useful to understand why. Similarly, if it does begin as a DG, it's useful to understand why you don't believe a ballot to amend by a document meets the formal definition set forth in e. It may *also* meet the definition of f, but if it meets the definition of e, it's also a DG -> FG transition.</div><div><br></div><div>If we accept a successful ballot to amend an existing FG is both a Final Guideline *and* a Final Maintenance Guideline (rather than *or*), then it's a matter of determining whether the Review Period should be that of FGs (60 days) or FMGs (30 days). If you argue 30 days, then you're saying there is a subclass of FGs which don't go through the 60 day period.</div><div><br></div><div>The core issue here is that the IPR policy is subtlely inconsistent with whether or not e/f are mutually exclusive, given the definition in d. I think it's totally reasonable to suggest that it's DG -> (FG || FMG), but I'm suggesting that the text does not unambiguously support that - and it's something to be resolved.</div></div></div></div>