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Forum IPR Subcommittee

Forum IPR Subcommittee Charter

Upon approval of the CAB Forum by ballot, and in accordance with section 5.6 of the CA/Browser Forum Bylaws, the Forum IPR Subcommittee (“FIPR”) is created to perform the activities specified in this Charter, subject to the terms and conditions of the Bylaws, which take precedence over this Charter.

1. Definitions

Definitions found in the Bylaws or in the IPR Policy shall apply to capitalized terms in this Charter.

2. Scope

The primary activity of the FIPR shall be to review and propose revisions to the Forum’s IPR Policy, IPR Policy Agreement, and Exclusion Notice Template (“Deliverables”). Discussion will include:

(a) How to address contributions provided by non-Forum Members (e.g., invited experts, guest speakers, researchers, etc.);

(b) If any clarifications and/or changes are necessary to the IPR Policy in view of recent events; and

(c) A potential contributor license agreement for the Forum’s GitHub repository and policy for contributing to the Forum’s GitHub repository.

The FIPR may perform other activities ancillary to this primary activity. The FIPR will not adopt Final Guidelines or Final Maintenance Guidelines.

3. Chairs and Contacts

The proposer of the ballot adopting this Charter, Ben Wilson, will act as organizer of the FIPR until the first teleconference is held for the FIPR, at which time the FIPR will elect a chair and vice-chair, either by vote or by acclamation of those present.

4. Participation

The FIPR welcomes the participation of any Forum Voting Member interested in this work. Voting Members initially declaring their participation in this Subcommittee are: Amazon, Apple, DigiCert, GoDaddy, Google, HARICA, Let’s Encrypt, Mozilla, and Sectigo.

5. Communication

The FIPR will communicate primarily through listserv-based email and shall conduct periodic calls or face-to-face meetings as needed.

6. End Date

The FIPR will submit its Deliverables to the Forum prior to April 1, 2025, and upon such date the Subcommittee is deemed dissolved.

Latest releases
Code Signing Requirements
v3.8 - Aug 5, 2024

What’s Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/cabforum/code-signing/compare/v3.7...v3.8

S/MIME Requirements
v1.0.6 - Ballot SMC08 - Aug 29, 2024

This ballot sets a date by which issuance of certificates following the Legacy generation profiles must cease. It also includes the following minor updates:

  • Pins the domain validation procedures to v 2.0.5 of the TLS Baseline Requirements while the ballot activity for multi-perspective validation is concluded, and the SMCWG determines its corresponding course of action;
  • Updates the reference for SmtpUTF8Mailbox from RFC 8398 to RFC 9598; and
  • Small text corrections in the Reference section

Network and Certificate System Security Requirements
v2.0 - Ballot NS-003 - Jun 26, 2024

Ballot NS-003: Restructure the NCSSRs in https://github.com/cabforum/netsec/pull/35

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