Hal -- a man with several lawyers in his family who clearly spent too much time listening to them -- has it about right. We'd need to look at whatever final naming configuration the TC proposes, but it sounds like you are pursuing the right approach. Sounds like a cool functionality. Best of luck. Regards Jamie James Bryce Clark, General Counsel OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/staff.php On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Hal Lockhart <
hal.lockhart@oracle.com> wrote: > I think this is great and have been urging Axiomatics to do this for some > time. > > On the subject of the name, the OASIS Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) > Policy (
https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr ) section 5.3 > says: > > 5.3 Trademarks > > Trademarks or service marks that are not owned by OASIS shall not be used by > OASIS, except as approved by the OASIS Board of Directors, to refer to work > conducted at OASIS, including the use in the name of an OASIS TC, an OASIS > Deliverable, or incorporated into such work. > No OASIS Party may use an OASIS trademark or service mark in connection with > an OASIS Deliverable or otherwise, except in compliance with such license > and usage guidelines as OASIS may from time to time require. > > I believe that means we can use ALFA, but not Axiomatics. (I am assuming > ALFA is not a Trademark of Axiomatics.) > > I think this means we have 3 choices. 1. Pick a new name. 2. Use ALFA, but > make up a new phrase for it to stand for. 3. Use ALFA and state it doesn't > stand for anything. > > If ALFA is an Axiomatics Trademark, I believe that unless Axiomatics decides > to contribute all rights to ALFA to OASIS, we simply can't use the name. > > I am CC'ing Chet and Jamie to draw their attention to this issue, in case my > interpretation is wong. > > Hal > > > > From: Sinnema, Remon [ mailto:
remon.sinnema@emc.com ] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 9:20 AM > To: David Brossard (
david.brossard@axiomatics.com) > Cc:
xacml@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: RE: [xacml] New XACML profile - ALFA > > > > Hi David, > > > > Excellent idea! > > > > I have some questions for you: > > · Would you mind sending out a link to more details about ALFA? > > · Do you plan to keep the name or should we change it, since it > contains the name of a company? > > · Do you see this as a media type for XACML or something more? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ray > > > > > > From:
xacml@lists.oasis-open.org [ mailto:
xacml@lists.oasis-open.org ] On > Behalf Of David Brossard > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 2:00 PM > To: xacml;
xacml-users@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: [xacml] New XACML profile - ALFA > > > > Axiomatics is pleased to announce that it has decided to contribute ALFA, > the Axiomatics Language for Authorization, to the OASIS eXtensible Access > Control Markup Language (XACML) TC for standardization. > > ALFA is a pseudo-language aimed at developers and which simplifies XACML > policy authoring. > > > > To initiate the process, Axiomatics will start a new profile of XACML using > the XACML 3.0 core standard as a base and specifying the ALFA grammar. > > > > We welcome input from all the members of the XACML TC and the OASIS > community at large. Our aim is to make XACML even more successful through > easier policy authoring and management. > > > > As a first step, we would like to discuss this new profile on the next TC > call. > > > > Thank you. > > > > -- > > David Brossard, M.Eng, SCEA, CSTP > VP of Customer Relations > +46(0)760 25 85 75 > Axiomatics AB > Skeppsbron 40 > S-111 30 Stockholm, Sweden > > Support:
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