[cabfpub] Voting Period Begins: Ballot FORUM-022: Establish Forum IPR Subcommittee

[Wayne Thayer]

Fastly votes Yes to ballot FORUM-022.

- Wayne

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 8:01 AM Ben Wilson via Public <public at cabforum.org>
wrote:

> *Ballot FORUM-022:  Establish Forum IPR Subcommittee*
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> Proposed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and endorsed by Roman Fischer of
> SwissSign and Clint Wilson of Apple.
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> *Purpose of Ballot*
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> The CA/Browser Forum’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy and
> associated documentation were last revised in 2018. Since then, there have
> been requests for clarification about application of the IPR Policy to
> contributions of non-Forum Members, and sections of the IPR Policy and
> documentation have been identified as needing amendment, including the form
> for filing and handling of Essential Claim Exclusion Notices. It is
> proposed that a Charter be adopted establishing a Forum IPR Subcommittee
> (FIPR) and that the proposed scope of the FIPR be to update and improve the
> IPR Policy and associated documentation and to discuss the following:
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> (a) How to address contributions provided by non-Forum Members (e.g.,
> invited experts, guest speakers, researchers, etc.);
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> (b) If any clarifications and/or changes are necessary to the IPR Policy
> in view of recent events; and
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> (c) A potential contributor license agreement for the Forum’s GitHub
> repository and policy for contributing to the Forum’s GitHub repository.
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> *Following the passage of this ballot:*
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>    - A new Forum IPR Subcommittee will be formed under the CA/Browser
>    Forum, as outlined in section 5.6 of the Bylaws (Forum Subcommittees);
>    - Mailing list(s), GitHub repository(ies), Wiki resource(s), and other
>    collaboration tools will be established as needed to enable the Forum
>    Subcommittee to fulfill its charter; and
>    - The Forum Subcommittee will publish a set of recommended revisions
>    to the IPR Policy and associated documentation for the Forum to adopt.
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> *MOTION BEGINS*
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> *Establish Forum IPR Subcommittee*
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> Upon approval from the CA/Browser Forum by ballot in accordance with
> sections 2.3 and 5.6 of the Forum Bylaws, the Forum IPR Subcommittee
> (“FIPR”) is created to perform the activities as specified in the Charter,
> which is found here:
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> https://github.com/cabforum/forum/compare/30de00ae9672088cf618706b9e7c464fa8c34c51...b50bc495ced317c437ed6b397bb4fb574484b56b
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> *MOTION ENDS*
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> *The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:*
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> *Discussion* (7+ days)
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> *Start Time*: 2024-May-06 22:00 UTC
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> *End Time*: After 2024-May-13 22:00 UTC
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> *Vote for approval* (7 days)
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> *Start Time:*  2024-May-15 15:00 UTC
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> *End Time: * 2024-May-22 15:00 UTC
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