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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15082020 10:28 am, Dave Crossland
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<div>On Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 11:55 AM John Hudson <<a
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institutions to do is get out of the way.<br>
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<div dir="auto">Yet, the rubber stamping and "setting in stone"
with a us patent policy is necessary (but not wholly
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<div dir="auto">A cycle from de facto, to de jure, to de facto.</div>
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<div dir="auto">That's the essential problem with <a
href="http://commontype.org" moz-do-not-send="true">commontype.org</a>
and GitHub.com/Opentype and all the others right now, it's all
too de facto with no clear route to de jure. <br>
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<p>I agree that having clarity over IP and a patent policy in place
is important*, and that this is one of the attractions to
collaborating under the auspices of an existing organisation that
has such a policy and to which a number of participating companies
and individuals may already be signed up.</p>
<p>That said, a patent policy is one of the easier things to write
and agree on, and I think for companies currently considering
whether and how to engage in what we’re scoping, the IP
considerations will be the same regardless of the organisation.</p>
<p>So from that perspective, I think it makes most sense for us—as
we scope the work—to also consider to what kind of process <i>do
we</i> want, collectively and voluntarily, to submit ourselves.
How do we want to collaborate? And then we look at existing
organisations and determine which, if any, provide that kind of
process (and will they have us?).<br>
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<p>JH</p>
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<p>* Was surprised to note that UFO doesn’t appear to have a patent
policy.<br>
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John Hudson
Tiro Typeworks Ltd <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.tiro.com">www.tiro.com</a>
Salish Sea, BC <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tiro@tiro.com">tiro@tiro.com</a>
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