I don't know Josh, but apparently, this is his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-coalson-9933548b/
Jim ------------------------ On Tue, October 26, 2021 11:57 pm, Martijn van Beurden wrote: > Hi all, > > > A few years ago, the Codec Encoding for LossLess Archiving and > Realtime transmission (CELLAR) working group of the IETF was formed. > They have been working on expanding current open standards, including > Matroska, EBML, FFV1 and FLAC with the aim of publishing RFCs for > these formats. > > The thing is, they started out with the 'Format' document that is on > the website, which is licensed under GFDL. This document (according to git > history) has barely been touched by anyone since Josh Coalson disappeared > from the FLAC project. Due to legal issues at the IETF, the question was > asked if Josh Coalson could be contacted about exempting the IETF of the > requirements the GFDL poses. Apparently, the IETF would like to reserve > the right to call something RFC XXXX, and not have someone else edit the > document and publish it as an IETF RFC. This is covered by trademark > rights in most, but not all countries, which is why the IETF doesn't want > to use GNU FDL protected parts. > > So, CELLAR has two options: rewrite the whole document or contact Josh > Coalson on this issue. My question now is: does anyone know how to > contact him? Can perhaps someone forward this e-mail or contact him > directly? > > Kind regards, > > > Martijn van Beurden > _______________________________________________ > flac-dev mailing list flac-dev@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev _______________________________________________ flac-dev mailing list flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev