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OASIS Open

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Open Project Rules - OASIS Open oasis-open.org OASIS 38 facts

claimAny person, regardless of OASIS membership status, may participate in an Open Project as a Contributor by submitting comments or bug reports to a Project Repository.

procedureIf a proposed Open Project name references an OASIS Technical Committee, a specification title, or another Open Project, the proposer must obtain advance approval from the relevant OASIS Technical Committee or Open Project.

perspectiveOASIS warrants that it will not inhibit open and free access to all material contributed to each Project Repository, though this warranty does not obligate OASIS to maintain its own existence, provide for the perpetual existence of a website, or maintain material it is legally required to remove.

referenceThe OASIS Committee Operations Process provides general provisions concerning the operation of all committees that may apply to the work of an OASIS Open Project Governing Board.

claimOASIS disclaims any obligation to publish patent claims on its website and takes no position regarding the validity, scope, or availability of intellectual property rights related to the implementation or use of technology described in an OASIS Project Specification.

claimMembers of an Open Project’s Governing Board (PGB) for a project with an Implementer-Class License must irrevocably covenant not to assert patent claims licensable by them that are necessarily infringed by an implementation of a Project Specification approved by that Open Project, within the scope of its Charter, against OASIS or parties benefiting from the Applicable License.

procedureOASIS requires that signatures or electronic assents for Individual and Entity CLAs be recorded and maintained in an auditable manner, using methods appropriate to the tools implemented for the repository.

claimThe OASIS Board of Directors approved the OASIS Open Project (OP) Rules on 14 June 2022, and the rules became effective immediately.

claimAny person or entity, regardless of OASIS membership status, may participate in or contribute to an OASIS Open Project.

referenceProject Chairs are responsible for coordinating PGB decisions, arranging meetings for the PGB and Contributors, supporting Maintainers, acting as the primary contact for OASIS staff, and managing communications with Contributors and the public.

claimThe Technical Steering Committee (TSC) is responsible for advising the Project Governing Board (PGB) and other entities as specified by the PGB, provided these activities align with OASIS policies and the project rules.

procedureElectronic ballots of the Project Governing Board (PGB) must be conducted on facilities provided or approved by OASIS and must remain open for a minimum period of seven days.

procedureThe Open Project Administrator at OASIS must approve the name of a proposed Open Project to ensure there is no infringement and that the name is used appropriately.

procedureOASIS requires that notices of the Applicable License for each Project Repository be conspicuously visible from both the repository's contribution channels and its home resource pages.

procedureTo initiate an OASIS Open Project, the organizers must submit a Charter to the Open Project Administrator, written in English and provided in electronic plain text format, using the Open Project Charter Template.

claimThe Community Data License Agreement v2 is an available license for OASIS Project Repositories, and other widely-used free and open source licenses may be added to the list after review and acceptance by OASIS and amendment of the rules.

procedureOASIS requires that every repository and contribution facility for an Open Project be conspicuously marked with a Call for Patent Disclosure, requesting that parties notify the OASIS Open Project Administrator of any patent claims that would be infringed by implementations of an OASIS Project Specification.

claimOASIS announced the change to the OASIS Open Project (OP) Rules to its members on 01 July 2022 via a mailing list archive.

claimAn OASIS Open Project is a program hosted by OASIS for the development of code, specifications, and other artifacts under open source licenses selected by the project.

claimOASIS prohibits the use of its trademarks or service marks in connection with an Open Project or Release, unless the usage complies with the Applicable License and any additional usage guidelines required by OASIS.

procedureOASIS is required to post a public notice of each approved Open Project to its announced public mailing list.

procedureWhen a contribution to an OASIS Project Repository is made on behalf of an organization, the individual contributor must designate that organization, and the organization is required to provide an Entity CLA, as defined in Appendix A-2 of the OASIS Open Project Rules. If the Entity CLA is not obtained, OASIS and the Project must decline contributions from that individual.

claimIn OASIS projects, while the public may be granted nominal write-access privileges like adding issues and comments, only individuals who have signed a CLA are permitted to submit content other than comments or suggestions for Non-Material Changes.

procedureMeetings of the Project Governing Board (PGB) and any Technical Steering Committee (TSC) must be properly called by the Chair(s) and scheduled in advance using OASIS collaborative communication project tools.

claimOASIS cannot change the terms of a signed Contributor License Agreement (CLA) once it has been delivered to OASIS; if a change is required, a new CLA must be executed.

procedureTo initiate an OASIS Open Project, a group must consist of at least one or more Project Sponsors whose aggregate sponsorship dues meet or exceed the minimum threshold set by the OASIS Board of Directors, plus one or more named Contributors.

claimOASIS Open Projects are administered by the OASIS Open Project Administrator designated by OASIS.

procedureTo incorporate a trademark or service mark into an OASIS Open Project, including in the project name, any release, or the body of the work, the mark must be either owned by OASIS or approved by the OASIS Board of Directors.

procedureOASIS members providing an Entity CLA must obtain the signature or assent of their OASIS Primary Representative.

claimProject Specifications in OASIS Open may carry multiple Applicable Licenses if they are composed of Releases or Group Releases sourced from multiple Project Repositories that have different licenses.

claimOASIS staff support official Project Repositories using selected tools and open the repositories listed in the Project Charter upon the project's launch.

procedureThe Project Governing Board and Maintainers of an Open Project are only permitted to act on pull requests or substantive contributions from Contributors who are registered in the OASIS system as having agreed to the relevant CLA.

procedureThe Charter of an Open Project can only be amended after the project's formation as specified in Section 5.6 of the OASIS Open Project Rules.

claimProject Governing Boards (PGBs) in OASIS Open are prohibited from designating any single implementation of a Project Specification as exclusive or privileged.

procedureAll contributions, comments, decisions, records, web pages, documents, and mailing list discussions for an OASIS Open Project must be located on Project Tools designated or authorized by OASIS, must be publicly visible, and must be publicly archived.

referenceThe Project Governing Board (PGB) of an OASIS Open Project is composed of one voting member from each Project Sponsor who elects to appoint a member, and either one voting expert representative from each Technical Steering Committee (TSC) or, if no TSC exists, at least one and no more than two voting expert representatives from the community of contributors.

procedureA note of each meeting's outcomes for the Project Governing Board (PGB) and Technical Steering Committee (TSC) must be posted to a publicly accessible location provided by OASIS.

procedureAn OASIS Open Project is initiated by one or more organizations acting as Project Sponsors and optionally by persons intending to make technical contributions.

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referenceFabio Vitali, Monica Palmirani, Roger Sperberg, and Véronique Parisse, eds., Akoma Ntoso Version 1.0. Part 2: Specifications (OASIS Open, 2018).

referenceMonica Palmirani, Roger Sperberg, Grant Vergottini, and Fabio Vitali, eds., Akoma Ntoso Version 1.0 Part 1: XML Vocabulary (OASIS Open, 2018).

referenceThe Akoma Ntoso standard, developed by OASIS Open and the United Nations in 2018, provides an XML-based schema to structure legal, legislative, and judicial documents.