[Board] Invitation to join Open Invention Network

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Dear All,

I forward my mail interaction with Frank Casey about
joining Open Invention Network (OIN).

I will start a thread on loomio about joining OIN.

Best

Venka

On 10/21/2016 9:42 PM, Frank Casey wrote:
> Hello Venkatesh,
>
> Thank you very much for your note.  I hope my response will make your Board
> comfortable with joining the Open Invention Network.
>
> 1)  You just need to enroll on the web
>
> 2)  The only obligation you incur by joining is to agree not to assert any
> patents that you have that read on the "Linux System" against other Open
> Invention Network participants...you grant free licenses to these patents
> to the others.  No other paperwork or reports are required.
>
> 3)  OIN is fully funded by IBM, Red Hat, Sony, NEC, Philips, SUSE, Toyota,
> and Google.  You will not pay anything.
>
> I hope you find these responses helpful and wish you luck with the Board.
>
> All the best,
>
> Frank
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 2:41 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan <
> raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
>
>> Hi Frank,
>>
>> Sorry for the delay in the response from our side.
>> I think, joining the OIN would be quite useful
>> and relevant for the OSGeo Community.
>>
>> A few questions,
>>
>> 1) Do we just fill in the from on the web to join or
>> are there any other procedural steps?
>>
>> 2) As members of OIN, what is expected of OSGeo Foundation?
>> Do we need to submit reports annually or are there any
>> other kind of official commitments that we would periodically
>> need to fulfill?
>>
>> 3) Is there any document available on members roles and responsibilities?
>>
>> 3) You write that there is "*still* no cost to join or maintain
>> membership in OIN". Do we need to anticipate some costs
>> for the future?
>>
>> I would appreciate your answer and take this up with the OSGeo
>> board after getting your response.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Venka
>> -----------
>> Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
>> President, OSGeo Foundation
>>
>> On 10/7/2016 6:21 PM, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016, 16:14 Frank Casey <fcasey at openinventionnetwork.com> <fcasey at openinventionnetwork.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> While going through my files I discovered that I didn't receive a response
>> to my invitation to join the Open Invention Network (OIN).  Since I don't
>> know if you ever received it or it got caught in a Spam filter, I thought
>> I'd try again.
>>
>> Our invitation is a serious one that is waiting for you to accept as over
>> 2,000 other organizations have (see attached press release).  There is
>> still no cost to join or maintain membership in OIN and we'd be pleased to
>> have the OSGeo Foundation join.
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Frank Casey
>> Open Invention Network
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Frank Casey* <fcasey at openinventionnetwork.com> <fcasey at openinventionnetwork.com>
>> Date: Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:37 PM
>> Subject: Invitation to join Open Invention Network
>> To: info at osgeo.org
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> My name is Frank Casey and I am writing to you on behalf of the Open
>> Invention Network (OIN), a community formed to insulate those who operate
>> in the Linux/Open Source environment from patent aggression.  I would like
>> to invite you to join our community.
>>
>> OIN is a community of almost 1,000 members from all phases of the
>> Linux/Open Source ecosystem who pledge not to use patents, related to
>> Linux/Open Source technology, aggressively against each other.
>>
>> We are the largest community in the world to address patent challenges and
>> we would like to have the Open Source Geospatial Foundation join join us.
>> Our goal is to create a nonaggression "standard of behavior" and we would
>> like your support to make this important principle stronger.
>>
>> There is no cost to join OIN and I invite you to visit our website athttp://www.openinventionnetwork.com and read an article athttp://www.linuxinsider.com/story/80447.html?rss=1.
>>
>> I thank you for your time and look forward to hearing back from you.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Frank Casey
>> Open Invention Network LLC
>>
>>
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