[OSM-legal-talk] License Working Group news

[Luis Villa]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com> wrote:

>  On 11/18/2014 10:11 AM, Luis Villa wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Michael Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz>
> wrote:
>
>> I would also like to highlight that we also now welcome associate members
>> who can help us occassionally or want to work on a specific topic that
>> fires you up. This involves no specific formalities nor duties.
>
>
> Hi, Mike, others-
> Is there a formal description somewhere of the roles/responsibilities of
> the WG? That would help me evaluate to what extent (if at all) I can
> participate in WG activities.
>
> The scope of the LWG is listed at
> http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licensing_Working_Group
>

Thanks, Paul. I hope you and the rest of the group don't mind me asking
some more questions.


>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BWn372ow_1tnTdQja76mthS8V-ZQ5PCL_RWLR1CBzkw/pub
> has some of the work we'd like to take on in the near future.
>

Interesting. How often does the group meet, in practice? Is there also a
fair bit of email between meetings, or...?

It mentions referrals to outside counsel - is that still WSGR or is it
someone else?

I note quite a few non-licensing topics—DMCA, Facebook, etc. Are those
common or is this unusually timed?


> We haven't worked out a precise framework for the scope of individual
> associate members - it's not expected that all associate members would
> participate in all parts of the LWG's work.
>
> If associate members not having a vote would allow people to help who
> would otherwise be in a conflict of interest, that could be done too.
>

How often are votes actually held? Or is it mostly consensus-based anyway?

Does the WG have formal legal obligations as a committee of the board (or
otherwise) or is it informal/advisory? (To explain that another way: in
some organizations, groups like the LWG are board committees, and so
certain formal requirements apply to their members — duties of good faith,
attendance, voting rules, etc. In some orgs, they are essentially purely
advisory so have no formal legal obligations.)

Thanks-
Luis

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