ISSUE-6: Allow the creation of groups that do not require organizational patent commitments
groupsWithoutPatents
Allow the creation of groups that do not require organizational patent commitments
- State:
- OPEN
- Product:
- Raised by:
- Ian Jacobs
- Opened on:
- 2012-08-31
- Description:
- We have a number of groups that do not require (organizational) patent commitments. However, they likely require copyright commitments.
We therefore think we should have a way to propose such a group, and that people will sign a revised agreement (with no patent commitments).
These groups will still be allowed to publish, but only non-normative documents. This will need to be clearly indicated in various places.
There will be no final specification publishing function available to these groups.
The join form will need to be updated to make clear which commitment one is making (e.g., copyright only).
Groups may wish to change modes. If started with pat commitments, can silently degrade to copyright only. When a group wants to go from no pat commitments to pat commitments, force them to create a new group. - Related Actions Items:
- ACTION-7 on Ian Jacobs to What would a copyright-only agreement look like for CGs? - due 2012-09-21, pending review
ACTION-119 on Ian Jacobs to Talk with Ted about need for coypright-only join infrastructure - due 2013-12-01, closed- Related emails:
- No related emails
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