General Meeting/Minutes/2010-11-04

Minutes

• Attendance - 13
• Approval of minutes:  10/14 and 10/21 minutes approved
• Outreach and evangelism:
  
  • Common Messaging/Presentation – PhilO
    • no update
  • Industry Venues – PhilR
    • no update
  • Website – MartinM
    • Rearranged so that spec under Specification tab can not be edited with the working version being under Participation
    • Dealt with some legacy spam reputation issues with spdx.org.

 

•  Roll Out Update - KimW/JohnE
  • Face to Face pushed out into Dec/Jan
  • Need more volunteers before scheduling
  • Beta program is most urgent item; John is back in action and focusing on that.
•  Legal Update - Rockett
  • No update.

 

• Linux Plumbers report live from Cambridge
  • Well received licensing presentation from Mark Gisi and Sven Dummer included good plug for SPDX
  • Interest from Yahoo! in participation
  • BoF discussion on creating SPDX report for the kernal.

 

Action Items

Note: Drafting related action items are embedded in the Wiki. <a href="http://www.spdx.org/wiki/spdx/specification">http://www.spdx.org/wiki/spdx/specification</a>

• Dave - Clean up the WIKI to only have analysis visible that reflects current spec.  ON HOLD FOR MARTIN TO PROVIDE PRIVS; SHOULD BE UNDERWAY

• Dave/JeffL - Update zlib based on new specification  DONE, BUT AWAITING FEEDBACK

• Peter - Mail out competing proposals for 5.6/5.7  DONE

• PeterW- Implement issue tracking system.  BLOCKED ON KATE

• Kate - submit ids to Linux Foundation so infrastructure setup can proceed - PENDING

• Kate- Draft example for LF Member Counsel; include XML and corresponding spreadsheet (or spreadsheet-like) format. PENDING

• Kim - list of questions from Open World Forum to form start of FAQ  - pending - will send mail to list with questions remembered,  request Phillipe O, add comments. DONE

• Phil R - Update Industry Events. IN PROCESS

• Kate - 10/14 minutes to be added to WIKI for review. - DONE

• Bill S - Send Martin some examples of issue posting HTML. DONE

• Rockett- Mail out trademark policy draft to SPDX list. WAITING FOR SIGNOFF BY LF

• Rockett- Query status of trademark application TBD

• Kim- Update of plans for Face to Face  DONE

• Kim- Send out invite for next licensing meeting. DONE. WILL INCLUDE FOLKS FROM DEBIAN.

• All- Review 6 months mail and contrast against licensing group spreadsheet. FOR NEXT LICENSE GRP MEETING

• All- If you can't attend meeting, post feedback/vote to list on 5.6/5.7 proposals. FOR TECH AGENDA NXT MTG.

• Kate- Write up formal proposal on SHA field change and mail to list. IN PROCESS

• All- Review SHA field change proposal for technical flaws; if so, discuss on list. FOR TECH AGENDA NXT MEETING

• Kate- Add back to SPEC page in WIKI preferred syntax for adding comments. TBD

 

NEXT MEETING

• 2010/11/18 at same time. NOTE EURO/US TIME DIFF WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL.

 

ATTENDANCE

• Phil Odence, Black Duck
• Tom Incorvia - MicroFocus
• Esteban Rockett, MotorolA
• Peter Williams, OpenLogic
• Kim Weins, OpenLogic
• Dave M. Open Logic
• Jilayne Lovejoy, Open Logic
• Martin Michlmyer, HP
• Kate Stewart, Canonical
• Ann Thompson, Freescale
• Gary  O'Neall, Source Auditor
• Phil Robb, HP
• John Ellis, Motorola