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<p>Attendance: 13</p><p>Minutes of August 23 meeting approved.</p><p>Lead by Phil Odence</p><p><strong>Technical Team Report - Jack standing in for Kate</strong></p><ul><li>Ed Warnicke has introduced an interesting new scheme for "watermarking" files</li><li>The idea is that a developer combines a small bit of code into their file that preserves license and copyright information through compilation so that information can be extracted from the binary</li><li>He's currently running experiements to determine what kind of overhead this introduces</li><li>Could have intersting positive implications for future SPDX versions.</li></ul><p><strong>Legal Team Report - Jilayne</strong></p><ul><li>License list</li><ul><li>Finished scrubbing through the FSF list and have plan in place for adding deltas to the SPDX list; pending licenses or on a spreadsheet that Jilayne has posted.</li><li>She's also putting up a mage to mention other groups we are coordinating with.</li><li>Next discussion with be to try to agree on a high level statement about the scope of the license list; how broad and deep are we trying to go? The legal team will kick off the discussion and may need input from the other teams.</li></ul></ul><p><strong>Business Team Report - Jack &amp; Scott</strong></p><ul><li>Little to update as last week's meeting was cancelled for LinuxCon. In its stead was a face to face with about a dozen people that focused mostly on technical discussion.</li><li>1.1 Press Release was issued at LinuxCon and looked great.</li><li>The panel discussion at LinuxCon was well received by about 25 attendees; kudos to Scott for coordinating a very interesting session.</li><li>Ibrahim from Linux Foundation is devoting significant time to SPDX and focusing on driving adoption. There's a possiblity of his leading a meeting on this topic (phys/virt/hybrid?) in the next couple months.</li></ul><p><strong>Cross Functional Issues – Phil</strong></p><ul><li>Web Site Update</li><ul><li>Jack has been leading a debug effort.</li><li>Much work got done at LinuxCon fixing bad links, wrong pages, etc and it's substantially cleaned up. That work will continue over the next couple weeks.</li><li>In parallel, the team leads are working on standardizing the different team sections</li><li>Linux Foundation has offered (and we will likely accept) to have their contractor re-implement the website on a firmer, more modern foundation. Work would begin in mid-October. MartinM is working with the rest of the web team to understand stability/recoverability implications. Expections are that this will be a great step forward on all dimensions.</li></ul></ul><p class="p1"><strong>Attendees</strong></p><ul><li>Phil Odence, Black Duck</li><li>Michael Herzog, nexB</li><li>Jilayne Lovejoy, OpenLogic</li><li>Jack Manbeck, Texas Instruments</li><li>Ibrahim&nbsp; Haddad, Linux Foundation</li><li>Jason Buttura, Cisco</li><li>Steve Cropper, Cisco</li><li>Scott Lamons, HP</li><li>Brandon Robinson, Cisco</li><li>Tom Incorvia, Microfocus</li><li>Kamyar Emami, Protecode</li><li>Adam Cohn, Cisco</li><li>Pierre Lapointe, nexB</li></ul>
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* Attendance: 13
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* Minutes of August 23 meeting approved.
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* Lead by Phil Odence
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== Technical Team Report - Jack standing in for Kate ==
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 +
* Ed Warnicke has introduced an interesting new scheme for "watermarking" files
 +
* The idea is that a developer combines a small bit of code into their file that preserves license and copyright information through compilation so that information can be extracted from the binary
 +
* He's currently running experiements to determine what kind of overhead this introduces
 +
* Could have intersting positive implications for future SPDX versions.
 +
 
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== Legal Team Report - Jilayne ==
 +
 
 +
* License list
 +
** Finished scrubbing through the FSF list and have plan in place for adding deltas to the SPDX list; pending licenses or on a spreadsheet that Jilayne has posted.
 +
** She's also putting up a mage to mention other groups we are coordinating with.
 +
** Next discussion with be to try to agree on a high level statement about the scope of the license list; how broad and deep are we trying to go? The legal team will kick off the discussion and may need input from the other teams.
 +
 
 +
== Business Team Report - Jack &amp; Scott ==
 +
 
 +
* Little to update as last week's meeting was cancelled for LinuxCon. In its stead was a face to face with about a dozen people that focused mostly on technical discussion.
 +
* 1.1 Press Release was issued at LinuxCon and looked great.
 +
* The panel discussion at LinuxCon was well received by about 25 attendees; kudos to Scott for coordinating a very interesting session.
 +
* Ibrahim from Linux Foundation is devoting significant time to SPDX and focusing on driving adoption. There's a possiblity of his leading a meeting on this topic (phys/virt/hybrid?) in the next couple months.
 +
 
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== Cross Functional Issues – Phil ==
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 +
* Web Site Update
 +
** Jack has been leading a debug effort.
 +
** Much work got done at LinuxCon fixing bad links, wrong pages, etc and it's substantially cleaned up. That work will continue over the next couple weeks.
 +
** In parallel, the team leads are working on standardizing the different team sections
 +
** Linux Foundation has offered (and we will likely accept) to have their contractor re-implement the website on a firmer, more modern foundation. Work would begin in mid-October. MartinM is working with the rest of the web team to understand stability/recoverability implications. Expections are that this will be a great step forward on all dimensions.
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== Attendees ==
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* Phil Odence, Black Duck
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* Michael Herzog, nexB
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* Jilayne Lovejoy, OpenLogic
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* Jack Manbeck, Texas Instruments
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* Ibrahim Haddad, Linux Foundation
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* Jason Buttura, Cisco
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* Steve Cropper, Cisco
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* Scott Lamons, HP
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* Brandon Robinson, Cisco
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* Tom Incorvia, Microfocus
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* Kamyar Emami, Protecode
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* Adam Cohn, Cisco
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* Pierre Lapointe, nexB
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[[Category:General|Minutes]]
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[[Category:Minutes]]

Latest revision as of 10:59, 6 March 2013

  • Attendance: 13
  • Minutes of August 23 meeting approved.
  • Lead by Phil Odence

Technical Team Report - Jack standing in for Kate

  • Ed Warnicke has introduced an interesting new scheme for "watermarking" files
  • The idea is that a developer combines a small bit of code into their file that preserves license and copyright information through compilation so that information can be extracted from the binary
  • He's currently running experiements to determine what kind of overhead this introduces
  • Could have intersting positive implications for future SPDX versions.

Legal Team Report - Jilayne

  • License list
    • Finished scrubbing through the FSF list and have plan in place for adding deltas to the SPDX list; pending licenses or on a spreadsheet that Jilayne has posted.
    • She's also putting up a mage to mention other groups we are coordinating with.
    • Next discussion with be to try to agree on a high level statement about the scope of the license list; how broad and deep are we trying to go? The legal team will kick off the discussion and may need input from the other teams.

Business Team Report - Jack & Scott

  • Little to update as last week's meeting was cancelled for LinuxCon. In its stead was a face to face with about a dozen people that focused mostly on technical discussion.
  • 1.1 Press Release was issued at LinuxCon and looked great.
  • The panel discussion at LinuxCon was well received by about 25 attendees; kudos to Scott for coordinating a very interesting session.
  • Ibrahim from Linux Foundation is devoting significant time to SPDX and focusing on driving adoption. There's a possiblity of his leading a meeting on this topic (phys/virt/hybrid?) in the next couple months.

Cross Functional Issues – Phil

  • Web Site Update
    • Jack has been leading a debug effort.
    • Much work got done at LinuxCon fixing bad links, wrong pages, etc and it's substantially cleaned up. That work will continue over the next couple weeks.
    • In parallel, the team leads are working on standardizing the different team sections
    • Linux Foundation has offered (and we will likely accept) to have their contractor re-implement the website on a firmer, more modern foundation. Work would begin in mid-October. MartinM is working with the rest of the web team to understand stability/recoverability implications. Expections are that this will be a great step forward on all dimensions.

Attendees

  • Phil Odence, Black Duck
  • Michael Herzog, nexB
  • Jilayne Lovejoy, OpenLogic
  • Jack Manbeck, Texas Instruments
  • Ibrahim Haddad, Linux Foundation
  • Jason Buttura, Cisco
  • Steve Cropper, Cisco
  • Scott Lamons, HP
  • Brandon Robinson, Cisco
  • Tom Incorvia, Microfocus
  • Kamyar Emami, Protecode
  • Adam Cohn, Cisco
  • Pierre Lapointe, nexB
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