DASC-SC: directive re patent policy

Dear colleagues,

Please refer to the attached letter from the Chair of the IEEE-SA Standards
Board Patent Committee (PatCom) to Sponsor and WG Chairs regarding patent
policy.

This pertains to discussions we've had in recent DASC-SC meetings about the
DASC patent policy.  The letter makes it quite clear that we are prohibited
from deviating in any way from the IEEE-SA prescribed policy, as we do in
item 6 of the DASC procedures (see www.dasc.org/procedures/).

I'd therefore propose that this clause of the DASC procedures be interpreted
as being in conflict with item 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws, and
that the latter take precedence.  Next time we revise the DASC procedures,
we should either strike our clause 6, or reduce it down to a reference to
the SASB bylaws.

Comments?

Regards,

Peter Ashenden
DASC Chair

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