Agreement for Paramount

[Peter Constable]

>I'm working on finding out if, after not-taking the lead, Unicode is at least willing to follow up…

Follow up how?

There’s been follow up in this thread; e.g., Mark has provided some pretty detailed information, much more for this kind of issue than I’ve seen done before. If Paramount were to reach out to Unicode wanting to discuss licensing considerations related to a proposal, I’m pretty sure Unicode would be willing to engage with them. Just don’t expect Unicode to be initiating communication with Paramount.


Peter

From: Unicode <unicode-bounces at corp.unicode.org> On Behalf Of Mark E. Shoulson via Unicode
Sent: November 30, 2021 9:54 AM
To: unicode at corp.unicode.org
Subject: Re: Agreement for Paramount


"Initiative has to come from the proposers... Unicode doesn't have the capacity to take the lead in preparing proposals..."  I thought that's what I was doing (with my own volunteered time).  I'm working on finding out if, after not-taking the lead, Unicode is at least willing to follow up, which apparently they have to do (or rather, nobody else can do it, but they don't have to; I can only hope they will.)  Working on it.  These exchanges have given me an idea of another route to explore.

~mark
On 11/30/21 05:45, Peter Constable via Unicode wrote:
Forgot to include the list.

From: Peter Constable
Sent: November 29, 2021 11:55 PM
To: Mark E. Shoulson <mark at kli.org><mailto:mark at kli.org>
Subject: RE: Agreement for Paramount

From: Unicore <unicore-bounces at corp.unicode.org<mailto:unicore-bounces at corp.unicode.org>> On Behalf Of Mark E. Shoulson via Unicore
Sent: November 28, 2021 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: Agreement for Paramount

[snip]

> If Unicode is willing to do the negotiations, why are we still arguing about this?

The Unicode Consortium isn’t prepared to take the lead in establishing engagement from 3rd-party IP holders. That initiative needs to come from the proposers championing the encoding of a given script. With all of the many scripts that are candidates for encoding, Unicode doesn’t have the capacity to take the lead in preparing proposals for individual scripts, or even to take the lead in resolving questions of IP rights in cases in which there are potential concerns. It’s enough for the volunteers (whose time has been donated, in most cases, by their employers) to vet proposals and work through the technical details that often need to be sorted out.



Peter
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