[oslc-plm] PLM Workgroup Covenant and License Update

[Scott Bosworth]

Just wanted to note that this activity has been completed by all PLM
workgroup members. Thank you for your quick action :-)

The workgroup covenant/license document [1] has been locked from further
editing and put under administrator control. Any proposed updates to the
document must be taken up through the PLM workgroup and involve all
signatories to the document. Thanks...Scott


Scott Bosworth/Raleigh/IBM wrote on 02/17/2011 12:58:45 PM:


> Date: 02/17/2011 12:58 PM
> Subject: PLM Workgroup Covenant and License Update
>
> Fellow workgroup members. It was pointed out by some of our
> membership that the scope of the PLM workgroup covenant/license [1]
> is not explicit and therefore might be interpreted more broadly than
> it should be. This is a valid criticism and one that I have been
> working with some of the of the legals minds of workgroup members
toaddress.
>
> Based on this work, I've made an update to the PLM Covenant and
> License page that I hope you will find to be an obvious improvement
> over the covenant document that you already agree to. The changes
> serve to (a) reflect the current interests and scope of the
> workgroup activities, and (b) to allow for the workgroup to add to
> new OSLC specifications to the covenant/license as it makes sense in
> the future and with the appropriate consent of participating
> members. For example, if/when the PLM workgroup expands its scope to
> other domain areas or chooses to author new specifications itself,
> then the list might be updated.
>
> The net effect of these changes is to narrow the covenant/license
> you are making to others.
>
> We will have a brief discussion on this topic in our workgroup call
> next week. If you notice, I have added a sentence in red above each
> member's covenant or license statement. In order to confirm your
> agreement with the change, most of you (Siemens - Rainer, EADS -
> Andreas, Northrop Grumman - Brenda, IBM - Gray) simply need to log
> in, edit the page, delete the sentence, and save the page. For GM -
> Mike, you need to delete the sentence and add your covenant or
> license statement. For Roch, it would be preferred if you identified
> your company in the covenant statement rather than yourself, but
> either way you should also delete the sentence in red in order to
> consent to the updated document.
>
> Thank you for your attention to this matter....Scott
>
> [1] http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/PlmWorkgroupCovenants
>
>
> Scott Bosworth | IBM Rational CTO Team | bosworth at us.ibm.com | 919.

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