From Miles.Ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk Mon Sep 30 10:12:08 1996 Received: from oxmail4.ox.ac.uk (oxmail4.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.33]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA12966 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 10:12:03 +0100 Received: from vax.ox.ac.uk by oxmail4 with SMTP (PP); Mon, 30 Sep 1996 10:08:29 +0100 Received: from 163.1.85.1 by vax.ox.ac.uk (MX V4.2 VAX) with SMTP; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 10:07:44 +0100 X-Sender: MELLIS@vax.ox.ac.uk Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 10:08:05 +0100 To: sc22wg5 From: Miles.Ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk (Miles Ellis) Subject: SC22 N2294 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 N2294 September 27, 1996 SC22 Recommendations on ISO/IEC Electronic Distribution and Copyright Policy [Note: Approved in Resolution D96-43 of JTC1/SC22 Plenary, September 1996.] At this 1996 Plenary, SC22 discussed recent issues in distribution and copyright, as described in JTC1 N4039 "Draft Policy Concerning the Distribution of ISO Documents Electronically for the Presentation of Standards", JTC1 N4028 "Contribution from the JTC 1 Secretariat Staff on Document Classification/Type" and JTC1 N4110 "ISO Technical Communique No. 34". SC22 forwards the following recommendations for consideration by JTC 1: 1. The established ISO/IEC JTC1 copyright policy has been clearly specified for all participants to see in the JTC1 Directives, clause 10.2: "The copyright for DISs, ISs, DAMs, Amendments, DISPs, ISPs, Technical Corrigenda and TRs belongs to ISO and IEC." The standardization of Information Technology within JTC1 often deals with intellectual property of great value to participating organizations. Attempts to assert copyright before DIS will severely impact the willingness of organizations to contribute technology and specifications and to participate in JTC1 standardization and will lead to correspondingly increased standardization activity in other arenas such as consortia, Internet forums, etc. SC22 strongly urges JTC1 to request that ISO and IEC exempt JTC1 and its subsidiary bodies from any such change to established ISO/IEC JTC1 copyright policy. 2. The imposition of new restrictions on distribution of project-related documents (refer to JTC1 N4039, clause 2.2) will give the impression or perception of closing a process that once was open to its community of interest, and will further accelerate a trend toward standards development outside of the ISO/IEC standards process. Experience within SC22 Working Groups has shown that comments made by members of the larger community frequently lead to improvements in the technical quality of the Standards. The restriction of all project-related documents to formally designated participants in the ISO system will reduce the efficiency of much of JTC1's work and reduce the quality of its products. SC22 strongly urges JTC1 to request that ISO and IEC exempt JTC1 and its subsidiary bodies from the distribution restrictions described in JTC1 N4039, clause 2.2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Miles Ellis Director: Educational Technology Resources Centre University of Oxford, 37-41 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, ENGLAND Telephone: +44 1865 270528 Fax: +44 1865 270527 Email: Miles.Ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk WWW: http://www.etrc.ox.ac.uk/Personal/Miles/Miles_Ellis.html