[client com] IANA IPR License & Community Agreement Template

Tue Jul 26 20:54:50 UTC 2016

My comments are in the body of my email.  I did not send a further mark-up.

Greg

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Hofheimer, Joshua T. <jhofheimer at sidley.com
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> *From:* Greg Shatan [mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 26, 2016 1:33 PM
> *To:* Hofheimer, Joshua T.
> *Cc:* Resnick, Yael; Client Committee; Flanagan, Sharon; Gregory, Holly;
> Grapsas, Rebecca; Greeley, Amy E.
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> *Subject:* Re: [client com] IANA IPR License & Community Agreement
> Template
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> Here are a couple of minor comments on the License Agreement, based on
> reviewing the incremental redline.  Other than these, we should be good to
> go on this document.
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> Footnote 7:  I'm not sure I agree with the added language.  Why would
> having the license(s) run to ICANN, with a sublicense (or sublicenses)
> running to PTI, obviate the need for a separate subcontract?  Similarly,
> I'm not sure what "separate agreements" are being eliminated.
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> 6.3(d): There's an odd space in the end of the first paragraph.  Not sure
> if it shows up in the real documents.
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> Exhibit B:  I included an improved schedule of the licensed IP in the
> Community Agreement.  That should be used here as well.
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> I'll revert shortly on the Community Agreement.
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> Greg
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> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Hofheimer, Joshua T. <
> jhofheimer at sidley.com> wrote:
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> Client Committee,
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> We plan to make one more review of the documents based on the call today,
> and barring any material changes requiring review, can be in a position to
> send this afternoon.  As such, please let us know if you have any final
> comments or questions on the drafts Yael sent yesterday.
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> Jonathan and Lise – Not sure your current time zone, but will you be awake
> in the afternoon California time, or do you want to authorize Greg to
> provide approval for posting the documents to the IETF Trust later today?
> I just want to be clear on process.
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> Cheers,
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> Josh
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> *Joshua Hofheimer*
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> *From:* Resnick, Yael
> *Sent:* Monday, July 25, 2016 5:16 PM
> *To:* Client Committee; Greg Shatan
> *Cc:* Hofheimer, Joshua T.; Flanagan, Sharon; Gregory, Holly; Grapsas,
> Rebecca; Greeley, Amy E.
> *Subject:* RE: [client com] IANA IPR License & Community Agreement
> Template
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> Dear Client Committee,
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> Attached please find an updated draft of the IANA Community Agreement,
> incorporating some further revisions based on Greg’s comments, as well as
> an updated draft of the IANA IPR License Agreement, with a couple
> additional changes for consistency.  Along with the updated clean drafts,
> attached are internal redlines against the drafts that Greg circulated on
> July 22 (for the Community Agreement) and July 21 (for the License
> Agreement), along with cumulative redlines against the initial drafts
> received.
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> Please let us know if you have any other comments at this time.
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> Best regards,
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> Yael
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> *YAEL M. RESNICK*
> Associate
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> *From:* Greg Shatan [mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com
> <gregshatanipc at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 22, 2016 5:48 PM
> *To:* Hofheimer, Joshua T.
> *Cc:* Client Committee; Greeley, Amy E.; Resnick, Yael; Flanagan, Sharon;
> Gregory, Holly; Grapsas, Rebecca
> *Subject:* Re: [client com] IANA IPR License & Community Agreement
> Template
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> Attached in track changes are my comments to the Community Agreement.
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> We should endeavor to harmonize and conform this to the License
> Agreement.  I've done this in a few places, but please keep an eye out for
> other instances.
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> Greg
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> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Hofheimer, Joshua T. <
> jhofheimer at sidley.com> wrote:
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> Client Committee and Greg, etc. – We have accepted Greg’s changes and made
> a few further clean-up revisions.  For convenience we have included a clean
> and redline marked against the original draft sent to us.
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> Regarding the final changes:
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> ·        we’ve deleted footnotes that have now become moot,
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> ·        fixed the formatting,
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> ·        edited footnotes per Greg’s comments,
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> ·        moved a couple of Greg’s margin notes into footnotes (e.g., his
> query about IETF being an Affiliate), and
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> ·        made a few text edits for consistency (e.g. changing
> unreasonably “denied” to “withheld” to be consistent with other parts of
> the document).
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> If the Client Committee is satisfied, I am happy for this to go to IETF so
> they can review in advance of our call on Tuesday.  We can discuss in the
> morning.  For me the most material issue, which impacts the document in
> several places is whether the IETF should have the unilateral right to
> assess or require changes in services, and terminate the license if
> unsatisfied with those changes.  As we’ve noted previously, we don’t
> believe that is appropriate, but will take CWG’s guidance.
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> I know we have a brief client committee call scheduled for tomorrow
> morning on IPR, so we can discuss this and any other issues, as well as
> next steps.
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> Cheers,
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> Josh
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> *Joshua Hofheimer*
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> *From:* Greg Shatan [mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 21, 2016 12:31 AM
> *To:* Hofheimer, Joshua T.
> *Cc:* Client Committee; Greeley, Amy E.
> *Subject:* Re: [client com] IANA IPR License & Community Agreement
> Template
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> Client Committee and Josh et al.,
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> I have reviewed Sidley's comments on the License Agreement and generally
> agree with them. I have further revised the License Agreement in the
> attached document, both to carry out certain of Sidley's comments, to
> reflect comments of my own and to follow more closely the Principal Terms.
> My changes are marked in track changes.  I look forward to any thoughts you
> may have.
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> This version (subject to any further comments or discussions, and clean-up
> and consolidation by Sidley) should be turned back to the IETF Trust and
> other operational communities sufficiently in advance of the July 26 call
> so that this version can form the basis of the discussions on that call.
> Thoughts on process are most welcome.
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> I hope to review the Community Agreement shortly.
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> Best regards,
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> Greg
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> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 1:28 AM, Hofheimer, Joshua T. <
> jhofheimer at sidley.com> wrote:
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> Dear Client Committee,
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> Attached please find Sidley comments to the IANA IPR License and to the
> Community Agreement, clean and redline against the original drafts we
> received from Greg Shatan.  Please note there are several questions and
> comments for consideration included as footnote “Notes to Draft”.
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> We are happy to discuss at your convenience.
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> Cheers,
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> Josh
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> *JOSHUA T. HOFHEIMER*
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