Subject: CIW Member Agreement

From: "Jack Sanders (8-444-4459)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 94 14:29:03 EST

The CIW is designed to be an open forum in which

  - information is exchanged without restriction based on claims of
    confidentiality
  - open participation in the activities of the CIW is possible
  - implementers of CPI-C are protected from subsequent unexpected
    claims of liability based on intellectual property rights of CIW
    contributors.

To achieve this degree of openness while protecting CPI-C implementers,
all participants in the technical activities of the CIW should sign a CIW
Member Agreement.  In accordance with the CIW Member Agreement, the
following procedures will be in force:

  - Submissions will not be accepted from companies or individuals
    that have not signed the CIW Member Agreement.
  - Companies or individuals that have not signed the CIW Member
    Agreement will not be included in the determination of consensus.
  - The CIW will not adopt technical contributions made by companies
    or individuals that have not signed the CIW Member Agreement.

So get those Agreements signed.  Thanks.

Jack Sanders
CIW Chair