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Re: Consensus? IPR rights and all that

2004-12-06 04:22:45
on 2004-12-06 10:29 am Harald Tveit Alvestrand said the following:
...
Replace the current section from 2.2 that says:

   6.  The right to use any intellectual property rights created by any
       IASA-related or IETF activity may not be withheld or limited in
       any way by ISOC from the IETF.

with the following:

   6.  The IASA, on behalf of the IETF, shall have an irrevocable,
       permanent right of access and later use to all data created
       in support of the IETF's activities, including
       the right to disclose it to other parties of its choosing.

Works for me, although note that this text covers less material than
the original one.  Does it now cover all it needs to cover? (Brian
mentions domain names; there may be other IPR that should be covered,
too, even if there's nothing that comes to mind right now ...)

And in section 3.1 "IAD Responsibilities", add after paragraph 4 ("The IAD 
negotiates service contracts"):

  The IAD is responsible for ensuring that all contracts give the IASA
  and the IETF the rights in data that is needed to satisfy the principle
  of data access.
  This is needed to make sure the IETF
  has access to the data it needs at all times, and that the IASA can
  change contractors when needed without disrupting IETF work.
  If software is developed under an IASA contract, the software should
  remain usable by the IETF beyond the terms of the contract; this may
  be accomplished by IASA ownership or an open source license; an open
  source license is preferable. The IAD will decide how the interest of
  the IETF is best served when making such contracts.

This works for me.


        Henrik

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