The May PWG meeting was held in Monterey, CA during the 2nd week of Jul=
y. A
summary of the status and activities of various PWG subgroups was prese=
nted,
Wednesday morning, and is reported below.
Next meeting...
August 17-21
Toronto, Canada
Toronto Marriott at Eaton Centre
Price: $175CN + Meeting expenses
Deadline: July 24, 1998
For reservations call 888-440-9300. Ask for the "PWG" rate or "Lexmark=
"
PWG
Minor updates to the PWG process were reviewed. PDF is the only mandato=
ry
format for PWG documents. Issues were raised regarding the Intellectua=
l
Property section. Several people objected to the default actions outlin=
ed in
the first paragraph of that section. We do not want to say that you giv=
e up
rights to IP based on discussions in the PWG. We do want to encourage r=
evealing
your intent regarding IP, whether it be patented, copyright, pending or=
otherwise in process. Don Wright has volunteered to rewrite the section=
on
Confidentiality which may become an addendum. The process document may =
need to
be revised to indicate how the PWG will deal with "dormant" projects
including possible reactivating and archival, using SENSE as an example=