Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald(_at_)alvestrand(_dot_)no> writes:
hmmmm.....
--On 7. oktober 2004 13:12 +0200 Simon Josefsson <jas(_at_)extundo(_dot_)com>
wrote:
As far as I can tell, those rights are only granted to the ISOC and
the IETF, not "third parties".
Solely for the purpose of using the term in RFC 3667, the IETF is defined
as:
a. "IETF": In the context of this document, the IETF includes all
individuals who participate in meetings, working groups, mailing
lists, functions and other activities which are organized or
initiated by ISOC, the IESG or the IAB under the general
designation of the Internet Engineering Task Force or IETF, but
solely to the extent of such participation.
So this means that Simon Josefsson is allowed to exercise the rights Scott
quoted and incorporate the executable pieces into running code, but the guy
on the next desk, who isn't on any IETF mailing list, is not, even though
they work on the same project, for the same employer, under the same laws.
If he joins an IETF list (any IETF list), he's allowed to.
I don't believe I, nor "he", would be able to represent the IETF in a
court, as the legal owner for a work, merely because I ("he")
participate in some mailing list. As far as I can tell, that would
ultimately be required if you were to defend the rights to your work.
If, instead, "third parties" where granted rights to create a
derivative work from RFCs, both I and "he" could represent such a
"third party".
Btw, I don't believe I'm a member of any IETF mailing list, although I
do participate in them. Hint: gmane.org.
Thanks,
Simon
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