Launching the 1.0 Agreements

[David Rudin]

With the 1.0 agreements now passed by the Board, I'd like to ask for volunteers to help officially release the agreements.  I think the following pieces should get put in place (and please let me know if there are others that I missed).

1. Blog post for the OWF site.
2. Update OWF site with new agreements.  I'm happy to do this.
3. External Outreach.
1. Individual blog posts/tweets/etc.
2. Outreach to press/bloggers that have been interested in OWF in the past.
3. Update Creative Commons on status.
4. Get documents finalized forpublication.
1. Multiple editable formats - I can to this.
2. PDF's forms that can be filled in.
3. Docusign integration (shouldn't be a gating issue for release, though).

Please respond if you'd like to help out with any of these (or other) items.

Thanks!

David

[David Recordon]

Needs some things linked but here's a stab at a post. Pulls largely
from the 0.9 announcement. Seems like either David or Larry should
post it since they've shepherded this along. Larry, wondering if you'd
like to post since David has done the last four? :)

David, assuming you'll get the site updated to remove the draft and
publish the 1.0 final?

The Open Web Foundation is pleased to announce the finalization of
version 1.0 of the final specification Agreement. The OWFa is a
reusable agreement designed to be easily adopted by a wide range of
specification communities and organizations. To date, version 0.9
which was released in September of last year has been used by Esri,
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and others.

The Open Web Foundation Agreement itself establishes the copyright and
patent rights for a specification, ensuring that downstream consumers
may freely implement and reuse the licensed specification without
seeking further permission. In addition to the agreement itself, we
also created an easy-to-read "Deed" that provides a high level
overview of the agreement. To use the Agreement with your own
specification, please see our guide.

The Open Web Foundation is open to everyone without charge and we
actively solicit feedback and participation from the community at
large, whether or not they are Open Web Foundation members. The Legal
Affairs Committee is open for self-nominations for participation in
the drafting and review process itself, and interested individuals are
encouraged to join the Open Web Foundation general discussion list to
offer input and support.

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[DeWitt Clinton]

Unless there are any last cosmetic edits (i.e., the 1.0 drafts we approved are the final ones), then I can do the site update.

How do we feel about the FAQ?

-DeWitt

[David Rudin]

Thanks guys.  The announcement looks good, though we haven't done the Deeds yet, so we should revise the post accordingly.  Also, it would be great if someone other than me made the post on the site.  Since we transitioned the site over to Google Sites, my name is all over it and it would be great to share the limelight ;).  

Also, I've started posting the agreements, but ran into some formating issues.  DeWitt - would you mind taking a look at this page - https://sites.google.com/site/openwebfoundation/legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owfa-1-0?  I can't get the signature blocks to line up, so and ideas would be appreciated.

Also, I think we're set on the FAQ for the agreements, and they are also marked as non-official OWF documents.

Thanks,

DAvid

[David Recordon]

Asked Larry if he'd make the post, haven't heard back. If not then I imagine either DeWitt or I are happy to.

[Lawrence Rosen]

David Recordon suggested:

Asked Larry if he'd make the post, haven't heard back. If not then I imagine either DeWitt or I are happy to.

 

Sorry, David, I haven't got the passwords or the experience doing the posts. Please do it. Thanks.

 

/Larry