Re: OASIS -- Our Membership and their IP Policy?

2005-03-18 Thread Michael Smith
Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > >I'm asking because of Lawrence Rosen's ``A Call to Action in > >OASIS'', which I saw in today's LWN [1]. Apparently OASIS is > >adopting a new intellectual-property policy that would allow > >standards based on patent-encumbered technology, which

Re: OASIS -- Our Membership and their IP Policy?

2005-03-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader
* Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-14 12:25]: > >I'm asking because of Lawrence Rosen's ``A Call to Action in > >OASIS'', which I saw in today's LWN [1]. Apparently OASIS is > > >There are a lot of big names [2] at the end of the post, not > >including our DPL. Unfortunately I was not c

Re: OASIS -- Our Membership and their IP Policy?

2005-03-14 Thread Mark Johnson
Hi Claire, Sorry for the delay. Is Debian still a member of the OASIS group? Yes. Our membership expires in June. I just looked at their member list, and didn't see us listed. We are listed as a "Contributor", rather than a sponsor, owing to the fact that we pay a reduced rate: http://www.oasis-