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Subject: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC IPR Transition Ballot
To: Those OASIS member voting representatives and individual members who are voting "TC Qualified Members" for the OASIS Open
Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
As you probably know, OASIS adopted revisions to our IPR Policy effective on 15 April 2005.[1] TCs formed before that date
continue to operate under the old ("legacy") policy. However, they may convert to the new policy by making a "transition" under the
terms of the OASIS IPR Transition Policy ; [2], by the specific voting procedure described in the transition policy.
The OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC has notified OASIS staff that it successfully conducted
a Transition Request vote under the IPR Transition Policy, to select the "RF on Limited Terms" IPR Mode. It appears that over 50% of
the OASIS members represented by voting members of the Committee have signed the current membership agreement. Accordingly, I am
opening a Transition Approval Ballot, in which the primary representatives of all voting members of the committee may cast a ballot.
A list of the current TC voting members, as of the date of the Transition Request, is attached. In this ballot, which will run for
14 days, the TC Qualified Members [3] each may cast only a single vote. The ballot will allow for YES, NO, or ABSTAIN votes.
Approval of a Transition Approval Ballot requires (i)
a minimum of 50% of all TC Qualified Members to vote, (ii) no NO votes cast and (iii) one or more YES votes.
The ballot has opened and can be seen at [4]. Please note, for organizational members, it is the primary OASIS representative who
votes, so if you are not a TC member, you may wish to consult your organizational's active TC members regarding this vote.
We will notify the results to the OpenDocument TC list and the voting "TC
Qualified Members.
Regards,
Mary McRae
Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr_transition_policy.php
[3] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office/members/roster.php
[3] In the transition policy, the "TC Qualified Members" who may vote in
this ballot are defined as:
> either a TC Individual Voting Member or an OASIS Organizational Member
> that has at least one voting member in the TC at the time the TC Individual
> Voting Members approve the Transition Request and has signed the new
> Membership Agreement.
[4] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=930
TC Voting Member Qualified Member Primary Representative
SUN
Michael Brauer yes Eduardo Gutentag
Lars Oppermann yes
Florian Reuter yes
IBM
Nathaniel Borenstein yes Michael Winters
Yue Ma yes
Robert Weir yes
Individual
Patrick Durusau yes Patrick Durusau
Open Document Foundation
Gary Edwards yes Gary Edwards
KDE
David Faure yes David Faure
Novell
Jody Goldberg yes Alan Clark
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