[cabfpub] Discussion Draft for Revisions to Bylaws

Gervase Markham gerv at mozilla.org
Tue Nov 12 17:11:42 UTC 2013


On 07/11/13 13:57, Ben Wilson wrote:
> a) Change to a "major global" requirement. What are we worried about
> when we make this change? The influx of many small Android browsers? A
> while ago, KDE was an active member due to Konqueror. Would they qualify
> under the new rules?
> 
> NO.  NOT UNDER THIS LANGUAGE.  

So, to understand: why did you decide to say "major global"? What is the
risk you are guarding against?

> * This draft brings everyone under the existing IPR agreement. I would
> like to see a simpler IPR agreement, designed for individuals and those
> who do not hold patents, but I agree that until we have that there is no
> point referencing a separate non-existent agreement!
>
> I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN FIND.

I'm not asking you to find one; that was an observation, not a request
for action :-)

Gerv



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