[cabfpub] pre-Ballot 206: Creation of Working Groups

Mon Aug 14 21:32:19 UTC 2017

Hi Peter (and all),

Here are updated documents that reflect your comments.  Please also see my responses below.

To make the documents easier to read, I have accepted all other changes.

This is LAST CALL to everyone for comments on these documents.  We’re going to start the formal discussion period in the next couple of days.

Best regards,

Virginia Fournier
Senior Standards Counsel
 Apple Inc.
☏ 669-227-9595
✉︎ vmf at apple.com <mailto:vmf at apple.com>

On Aug 4, 2017, at 3:45 PM, Peter Bowen <pzb at amzn.com> wrote:

Hi Virginia,

I really appreciate the work that the members of the Governance Reform Working Group put into these revisions.  I had a chance to review this with my counsel, and only have three comments.  They are all requests for clarification.

First, in section 3.2 of the IPR policy it says: "or otherwise agreeing to the licensing terms described in this policy”.  There is no process defined to “otherwise agree”.  Does it make sense to just remove this phrase

VMF:  I believe this language is there to cover Interested Parties who might not be part of a WG.  I don’t know if that will be possible going forward, but I don’t think we have enough information to predict the future at this point - and we don’t want to have to amend the IPR policy for this one item.  I’ve changed the language to “or executing the CAB Forum IPR Policy Agreement.”  That makes it clear what someone would need to do to be subject to the RF license. 

Second, the ballot draft does not call out how guidelines that are already in the review period when the new IPR policy is effective are handled.  We think it makes sense that they should be covered by the IPR policy that was in effect when the review period started.

VMF:  Ok, I’ve added language to this effect.

Lastly, in section 5.3.1 of the Bylaws it calls out “formally declaring” participation but does not specify how one does so.  We think that it would make sense to have participation declared via posting to the public mailing list and to terminate participation, as envisioned in section 5.3 of the IPR policy, also by posting to the public mailing list.

VMF:  I’ve added some language, although this will be done via a technical solution, such as a click-through tool.  The technical folks need to come up with some ideas for this, and the WG chair will need to track it.  This cannot be solved with contract language alone.

I look forward to the new working group structure and the opportunities it brings to the Forum.

Thanks,
Peter

> On Aug 1, 2017, at 6:16 PM, Virginia Fournier via Public <public at cabforum.org <mailto:public at cabforum.org>> wrote:
> 
> On behalf of the Governance Reform Working Group, I am sending you all our proposed Ballot 206 for the creation of Working Groups in the Forum, with IP obligations tied to participation in the WGs rather than membership in the Forum.  Please note that there are 3 documents attached:
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> Ballot 206, which will have the redlined versions of the new Bylaws and IPR Policy attached
> New Bylaws version 1.7, redlined to show changes from the prior version
> New IPR policy version 1.3, redlined to show changes from the prior version
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> We’d like to move to the formal discussion period in the next week or so, so please let us know your questions/comments at your earliest convenience.  Thanks!
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> <CABF_Ballot206_01AUG17.docx>
> <CA-BrowserForumBylaws v.1.7_01AUG17.docx>
> <CABF-IPR-Policy-v.1.3_01AUG17.doc>
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> Best regards,
> 
> Virginia Fournier
> Senior Standards Counsel
>  Apple Inc.
> ☏ 669-227-9595
> ✉︎ vmf at apple.com <mailto:vmf at apple.com>
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