From 2b193d42d8a2848fb10c9ada3d05c811e23bec17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mccown Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:58:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/9] Added details and clarifications to the copyright, trademark, or any intellectual property rights section. --- index.html | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 5603ddcc..73bc55c6 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -249,14 +249,14 @@

The Registration Process

Any method name SHOULD avoid generic terms such as "mymethod" or "registry".
  • -If there are copyright, trademark, or any intellectual property rights -concerns, the addition and use MUST be authorized in writing by the intellectual -property rights holder under a -F/RAND -license. Examples include DID Methods that use trademarked brand names, -property names that utilize the titles of copyrighted works, and patented -technology that would cause the use of the extension to require licensing a -patent. + Any DID Method submission MUST not impose any copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights concerns on the W3C, DID Method implementers, or users. To that end, the following apply:
    + +
      +
    1. DID Method submitters affirm to the best of their knowledge that their submission will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party.
      2. +
    2. If there are any known copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights concerns, the addition and use of a DID Method MUST be authorized in writing by the intellectual property rights holder under a F/RAND license.
      3. +
    3. If a DID Method is subsequently alleged to violate any copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights, those making the allegation SHALL provide a copy of their granted legal rights documentation or an order from a court or arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction.
      4. +
    4. Should legally valid and enforceable copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights documentation be presented then, at the discretion of the rights holder, the subject DID Method SHALL be removed.
      5. +
  • Any addition MUST NOT create unreasonable legal, security, moral, or privacy From 24c3effc7510d715d69fbe51ee93d1e370616d48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mccown Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:09:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/9] Added details and clarifications to the copyright, trademark, or any intellectual property rights section. --- index.html | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 73bc55c6..16633e85 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -249,14 +249,34 @@

    The Registration Process

    Any method name SHOULD avoid generic terms such as "mymethod" or "registry".
  • - Any DID Method submission MUST not impose any copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights concerns on the W3C, DID Method implementers, or users. To that end, the following apply:
    - -
      -
    1. DID Method submitters affirm to the best of their knowledge that their submission will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party.
      2. -
    2. If there are any known copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights concerns, the addition and use of a DID Method MUST be authorized in writing by the intellectual property rights holder under a F/RAND license.
      3. -
    3. If a DID Method is subsequently alleged to violate any copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights, those making the allegation SHALL provide a copy of their granted legal rights documentation or an order from a court or arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction.
      4. -
    4. Should legally valid and enforceable copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights documentation be presented then, at the discretion of the rights holder, the subject DID Method SHALL be removed.
      5. -
    +Any DID Method submission MUST not impose any copyright, trademark, or +intellectual property rights concerns on the W3C, DID Method implementers, or +users. To that end, the following apply: +
      +
    1. +DID Method submitters affirm to the best of their knowledge that their +submission will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third +party. +
      2. +
    2. +If there are any known copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights +concerns, the addition and use of a DID Method MUST be authorized in writing +by the intellectual property rights holder under a +F/RAND +license. +
      3. +
    3. +If a DID Method is subsequently alleged to violate any copyright, trademark, +or intellectual property rights, those making the allegation SHALL provide a +copy of their granted legal rights documentation or an order from a court or +arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction. +
      4. +
    4. +Should legally valid and enforceable copyright, trademark, or intellectual +property rights documentation be presented then, at the discretion of the +rights holder, the subject DID Method SHALL be removed. +
      5. +
  • Any addition MUST NOT create unreasonable legal, security, moral, or privacy From ba32b16efb2c3b4dc9b16ba219fc45beb9860101 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mccown Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:05:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/9] Changed SHALL to MUST Changed SHALL to MUST --- index.html | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 16633e85..7e0314d7 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -267,14 +267,14 @@

    The Registration Process

  • If a DID Method is subsequently alleged to violate any copyright, trademark, -or intellectual property rights, those making the allegation SHALL provide a +or intellectual property rights, those making the allegation MUST provide a copy of their granted legal rights documentation or an order from a court or arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction.
  • Should legally valid and enforceable copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights documentation be presented then, at the discretion of the -rights holder, the subject DID Method SHALL be removed. +rights holder, the subject DID Method MUST be removed.
    • From 06a643581b16bc0fae888c4e7375d57554e3845c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mccown Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:13:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 4/9] Formatting updates Fixed some formatting. --- index.html | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 7e0314d7..8179a765 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -251,8 +251,8 @@

    The Registration Process

  • Any DID Method submission MUST not impose any copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights concerns on the W3C, DID Method implementers, or -users. To that end, the following apply: -
      +users. To that end, the following apply: +
      1. DID Method submitters affirm to the best of their knowledge that their submission will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@

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        property rights documentation be presented then, at the discretion of the rights holder, the subject DID Method MUST be removed.
        2. -
      +
  • Any addition MUST NOT create unreasonable legal, security, moral, or privacy From cb237422d5f60c62ce8e840ad2f89ecdc7b1f28b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve McCown Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:56:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 5/9] Update index.html Clarify wording. Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr --- index.html | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 8179a765..f19ea1bf 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -249,9 +249,9 @@

    The Registration Process

    Any method name SHOULD avoid generic terms such as "mymethod" or "registry".
  • -Any DID Method submission MUST not impose any copyright, trademark, or -intellectual property rights concerns on the W3C, DID Method implementers, or -users. To that end, the following apply: +Any DID Method submission MUST not impose any concerns about copyright, +trademark, or intellectual property rights on the W3C, DID Method +implementers, or users. To that end, the following apply:
    1. DID Method submitters affirm to the best of their knowledge that their From 4c4583554ec0c6eda0ad77dacee85c10eb03ad1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve McCown Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:56:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 6/9] Update index.html Clarify wording. Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr --- index.html | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index f19ea1bf..51e66bc5 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -259,9 +259,9 @@

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      party.
    2. -If there are any known copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights -concerns, the addition and use of a DID Method MUST be authorized in writing -by the intellectual property rights holder under a +If there are any known concerns about copyright, trademark, or intellectual +property rights, the addition and use of a DID Method MUST be authorized in +writing by the holder of the intellectual property rights under a F/RAND license.
      3. From a556056f3440988d135e2cd4bfa699f11d59dd6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve McCown Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:56:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 7/9] Update index.html Clarify wording. Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr --- index.html | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 51e66bc5..ce086a30 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -267,8 +267,8 @@

      The Registration Process

    3. If a DID Method is subsequently alleged to violate any copyright, trademark, -or intellectual property rights, those making the allegation MUST provide a -copy of their granted legal rights documentation or an order from a court or +or intellectual property rights, those making the allegation MUST provide +documentation of their granted legal rights or an order from a court or arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction.
    4. From 49721e824b3488b26cb825c4929ef991e18f5d21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve McCown Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:57:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 8/9] Update index.html Clarify wording. Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr --- index.html | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index ce086a30..0cd9a71e 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -272,9 +272,9 @@

      The Registration Process

      arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction.
    5. -Should legally valid and enforceable copyright, trademark, or intellectual -property rights documentation be presented then, at the discretion of the -rights holder, the subject DID Method MUST be removed. +Should documentation of legally valid and enforceable copyright, trademark, +or intellectual property rights be presented, then, at the discretion of the +rights holder, the DID Method in question MUST be removed.
    • From a4b761cdeb79c39bee0bd287a2f77e8dff5ca789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve McCown Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:41:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Update index.html I also wasn't sure and am happy with it either way. Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr --- index.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 0cd9a71e..487d124f 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@

    The Registration Process

  • If there are any known concerns about copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights, the addition and use of a DID Method MUST be authorized in -writing by the holder of the intellectual property rights under a +writing by the holder of the intellectual property rights under an F/RAND license.