[Ficore-legal] FI-CORE CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT - draft for tomorrow call

Galit Leider GALITL at il.ibm.com
Mon Oct 6 09:55:15 CEST 2014


Dear Luis, dear all, 

Thanks for the updated version. Attached please find our comments. 

In order to make it easier to focus on the open issues, we accepted the 
changes from the previous draft (V2) which were not commented by the 
parties. 
In the attached draft you can see the new changes in V3 + IBM comments on 
top of V3. 

We suggest to use this draft for our meeting tomorrow so the discussion 
will be more effective. 

Luis - are you going to send a call in number for the call tomorrow? 
thanks.



Best regards,

Galit Leider (LL.B ,MBA)
Senior  Contracts Professional 
Contracts Team Leader
IBM Haifa Research Lab
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From:   LUIS GARCIA GARCIA <luis.garciagarcia at telefonica.com>
To:     "ficore-legal at lists.fi-ware.org" <ficore-legal at lists.fi-ware.org>, 

Cc:     "ppp-tf-proposal at tid.es" <ppp-tf-proposal at tid.es>
Date:   02/10/2014 05:02 PM
Subject:        Re: [Ficore-legal] FI-CORE CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT
Sent by:        ficore-legal-bounces at lists.fi-ware.org



Dear partners,
 
Find attached the new version of the FI-CORE CA.
 
Main changes are the following:
 
1º.- Introduction of a new necessary concept: 
?FIWARE Ops tools are software tools that ease the deployment, setup and 
operation of FIWARE instances by Platform Providers?
 
Software linked to the implementation of FIWARE Ops tools or to FIWARE GE 
reference implementations must be available under open source license 
terms (meeting the requirements already stated in the CA for any kind of 
open source license, i.e., addition of the statement on derivate work for 
Controlled License Terms).    The accompanying documentation must be made 
available under the same license or equivalent license, such as Creative 
Commons license or Open Database license. Accordingly, we´ve introduced a 
new paragraph in clause 4.1 to make this basic statement clear.
2º.- As requested by several partners, we´ve reintroduced the veto right 
for some Board  decisions according to the IBM proposal.
 
Please, check this new version and let´s have a call next Tuesday 7th, 11. 
a.m (CET).  During this call, we must make an effort to reach a final 
agreement on any issues that may still be open. 
 
Our colleagues from IBM will be on holidays from 8th to 18th October and 
we don´t want to disturb them during their vacation period¡
 
We´ll shortly send you the call details.
 
Best regards
 
Luis García García
Telefónica I+D 
Asesoría Jurídica // Legal Department
Tfnos: +34913129666 
Distrito T, Edificio Oeste 1, 6ª planta
Ronda de la Comunicación s/n
28050- Madrid (Spain)
 
De: LUIS GARCIA GARCIA 
Enviado el: miércoles, 24 de septiembre de 2014 15:36
Para: 'ficore-legal at lists.fi-ware.org'
CC: 'ppp-tf-proposal at tid.es'
Asunto: FI-CORE CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT 
 
Dear partners:
 
Thanks for your comments to the initially proposed agreement. Attached you 
will find the second version of the FI-CORE Consortium Agreement in which 
we´ve tried to include most of your inputs.
 
The main modification we´ve included is referred to the Payment Clause:
 
As many partners have expressed their concern about this clause (specially 
SMEs) and FI-CORE is a 24th month project, we have suppressed the ?two 
tranches systems? that worked in FIWARE (36 months). Accordingly, both the 
pre-financing and the Interim Payment will be paid 100% by the Coordinator 
not later than thirty (30) days from their receipt. 
 
At the same time, and to protect the Consortium from the eventual risks 
associated to this new payment method, we´ve included several rules to 
ensure that certain reimbursements, in some specific cases, are done on 
time by the relevant partners.  Together with these ?reimbursement 
security measures? we´ve included the rules to make additional payments, 
in certain situations, to new partners joining the Project (i.e. through 
the Open Call) or to partners that have increased their budget/effort in 
the project.
 
We hope that this new wording is acceptable for all of you
 
Together with the above mentioned modification, we´ve maintained the 
possibility of delaying the payment (now only referred to the Interim 
Payment) in those cases in which the Coordinator ?determined within such 
thirty (30) days period, based on internal reviews, results of review of 
the EC, milestones fulfillment, and confirmation of the relevant 
work-package leaders, that a Party has materially failed to meet its 
delivery milestones as defined in Annex 1 of the GA?. 
 
Our experience shows that it is not practical at all to refer this 
decission to the Board, as Board decisions require a long time, excessive 
for the daily management needs of the Project. Notwithstanding, and to 
avoid any arbitrary decision of the Coordinator, the CA clearly 
establishes that in case that the affected party objects,  ?the final 
decision will be taken by the Board according to the provisions of clause 
3.3.2.4.?
 
 
***********
 
We kindly invite to check this new version and to send your comments 
before next Monday 29th. Please, try to minimaze them as we must conclude 
this agreement within the 45 days following the signature of the Grant 
Agreement (signed by the Commission last 16th September). As soon as we 
collect all the comments received up to that date, we´ll prepare a new 
version and convene a Conference Call to definitively close any pending 
issues that may still be open.
 
Don´t forget to send me your heading and contact details for the CA¡
 
Thanks and regards
 
Luis García García
Telefónica I+D 
Asesoría Jurídica // Legal Department
Distrito T, Edificio Oeste 1, 6ª planta
Ronda de la Comunicación s/n
28050- Madrid (Spain)
 


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