Re: [cabfpub] Draft Charter for IPR Subcommittee
Thanks, Dimitris. I will make edits to the proposal and get back to everyone. Ben On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 11:59 AM Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Public wrote: > Hi Ben, > > On 16/4/2024 7:48 μ.μ., Ben Wilson via Public wrote: > > All, > > As mentioned during the Forum teleconference of April 11, 2024, here is a > draft charter for a Forum IPR Subcommittee. (This effort is separate, but > somewhat in parallel to the work of the Patent Advisory Group, which will > be handling GoDaddy's Patent Exclusion Notice, filed Mar. 22, 2024, in > relation to Ballot SC-70.) > > Please provide your comments or questions. > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > *Forum IPR Subcommittee Charter* > > Upon approval of the CAB Forum by ballot in accordance with section 5.6 of > the Bylaws, the Forum IPR Subcommittee (“FIS”) is created to perform the > activities as specified in this Charter, subject to the terms and > conditions of the CA/Browser Forum Bylaws and Intellectual Property Rights > (IPR) Policy, as such documents may change from time to time. The > definitions found in the Forum’s Bylaws or IPR Policy shall apply to > capitalized terms in this Charter. > > > I'm not sure the IPR Policy needs to be invoked here. Please take a look > at the Forum Infrastructure SC charter ( > https://cabforum.org/2019/10/08/ballot-forum-10-re-charter-forum-infrastructure-working-group/). > Also, is it ok to use the acronym "FIS" as it is also referred in the Forum > Subcommittee Charter? > > *Scope* > > The primary activity of the FIS shall be to review, and propose revisions > to, the Forum’s IPR Policy, IPR Policy Agreement, exclusion notice > template, and similar documents. The FIS may perform other activities > ancillary to this primary activity. The FIS will not create Final > Guidelines or Final Maintenance Guidelines. > > > Based on the last statement, I don't think we need to mention that this > charter is subject to the IPR Policy. > > *Anticipated End Date* > > The FIS is chartered without a specific end date. However, it is expected > that the FIS will deliver results of its initial work to the Forum prior to > _ 2024. Thereafter, the FIS will continue to exist, but may be > dissolved at any time by Forum ballot. > > > If the Subcommittee completes its deliverables and those deliverables are > accepted by the Forum by ballot, the subcommittee should probably be > dissolved automatically. We could renew its charter or duration if we find > something else useful but based on the current expectations it looks like > it will be dissolved if the proposed documents are approved. > > *Initial Chairs and Contacts* > > The proposer of the ballot adopting this Charter, Ben Wilson, will act as > organizer of the FIS until the first teleconference is held for the FIS, at > which time the FIS will elect a chair and vice-chair, either by vote or by > acclamation of those present. The chair and vice-chair will normally serve > two-year terms. However, the first term will start upon their election > and run through 31 October 2026. > > *Members Eligible to Participate* > > The FIS welcomes the participation of any Member organization of the Forum > interested in this work. Forum Members that have initially declared > their participation in this Subcommittee are: > > Amazon, Apple, DigiCert, GoDaddy, Google, HARICA, Let’s Encrypt, Mozilla, > Sectigo, SwissSign, > > *Voting and Voting Structure* > > Voting in the FIS shall be limited to Forum members. Voting shall be > egalitarian: all Members shall vote together as a single class, with one > vote granted to each Member organization. Any decisions of the FIS needed > to be voted upon by the FIS shall be considered adopted if the number of > votes in favor exceeds 50% of the votes cast. > > > This is not a WG so no voting or voting structure is necessary. > > *Primary Means of Communication* > > The FIS will communicate primarily through listserv-based email and shall > conduct periodic calls or face-to-face meetings as needed. > > > I suggest we combine some elements from > https://cabforum.org/2019/10/08/ballot-forum-10-re-charter-forum-infrastructure-working-group/ > to improve this charter. > > Thanks Ben for putting this together! > > Dimitris. > > > > ___ > Public mailing > listPublic@cabforum.orghttps://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public > > > ___ > Public mailing list > Public@cabforum.org > https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public > ___ Public mailing list Public@cabforum.org https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public
Re: [cabfpub] Draft Charter for IPR Subcommittee
Hi Martijn, I was thinking that there may be miscellaneous decisions where the Subcommittee might need to vote. There is no intent that the Subcommittee would be able to "adopt" a new IPR Policy, if that is your concern. I was proposing that only Forum Members would be eligible to participate on the Subcommittee, so Associate Members, Probationary Members and Interested Parties would not be participating on the Subcommittee, nor would they have a vote. Thanks, Ben On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 1:55 AM Martijn Katerbarg < martijn.katerb...@sectigo.com> wrote: > Ben, a few questions / clarifications: > > > > > Voting in the FIS shall be limited to Forum members. Voting shall be > egalitarian: all Members shall vote together as a single > > Does this mean the Subcommittee will run a ballot rather than the Forum, > or will the Forum still run the actuall ballot? > > > > > Voting shall be egalitarian: all Members shall vote together as a > single class > > Is the intent here to also allow Associated Members, Probationary Members > and Interested Parties to vote? > > Regards, > > Martijn > > > > *From: *Public on behalf of Ben Wilson via > Public > *Date: *Thursday, 18 April 2024 at 17:37 > *To: *CA/Browser Forum Public Discussion List > *Subject: *Re: [cabfpub] Draft Charter for IPR Subcommittee > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know > the content is safe. > > > > All, > > I will put this in ballot format. I am looking for endorsers. > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 10:48 AM Ben Wilson wrote: > > All, > > As mentioned during the Forum teleconference of April 11, 2024, here is a > draft charter for a Forum IPR Subcommittee. (This effort is separate, but > somewhat in parallel to the work of the Patent Advisory Group, which will > be handling GoDaddy's Patent Exclusion Notice, filed Mar. 22, 2024, in > relation to Ballot SC-70.) > > Please provide your comments or questions. > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > *Forum IPR Subcommittee Charter* > > Upon approval of the CAB Forum by ballot in accordance with section 5.6 of > the Bylaws, the Forum IPR Subcommittee (“FIS”) is created to perform the > activities as specified in this Charter, subject to the terms and > conditions of the CA/Browser Forum Bylaws and Intellectual Property Rights > (IPR) Policy, as such documents may change from time to time. The > definitions found in the Forum’s Bylaws or IPR Policy shall apply to > capitalized terms in this Charter. > > *Scope* > > The primary activity of the FIS shall be to review, and propose revisions > to, the Forum’s IPR Policy, IPR Policy Agreement, exclusion notice > template, and similar documents. The FIS may perform other activities > ancillary to this primary activity. The FIS will not create Final > Guidelines or Final Maintenance Guidelines. > > *Anticipated End Date* > > The FIS is chartered without a specific end date. However, it is expected > that the FIS will deliver results of its initial work to the Forum prior to > _ 2024. Thereafter, the FIS will continue to exist, but may be > dissolved at any time by Forum ballot. > > *Initial Chairs and Contacts* > > The proposer of the ballot adopting this Charter, Ben Wilson, will act as > organizer of the FIS until the first teleconference is held for the FIS, at > which time the FIS will elect a chair and vice-chair, either by vote or by > acclamation of those present. The chair and vice-chair will normally serve > two-year terms. However, the first term will start upon their election and > run through 31 October 2026. > > *Members Eligible to Participate* > > The FIS welcomes the participation of any Member organization of the Forum > interested in this work. Forum Members that have initially declared their > participation in this Subcommittee are: > > Amazon, Apple, DigiCert, GoDaddy, Google, HARICA, Let’s Encrypt, Mozilla, > Sectigo, SwissSign, > > *Voting and Voting Structure* > > Voting in the FIS shall be limited to Forum members. Voting shall be > egalitarian: all Members shall vote together as a single class, with one > vote granted to each Member organization. Any decisions of the FIS needed > to be voted upon by the FIS shall be considered adopted if the number of > votes in favor exceeds 50% of the votes cast. > > *Primary Means of Communication* > > The FIS will communicate primarily through listserv-based email and shall > conduct periodic calls or face-to-face meetings as needed. > > > > ___ Public mailing list Public@cabforum.org https://lists.cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public
