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Re: Legal review results 1: Intellectual property

2005-01-21 17:01:11


On Friday, January 21, 2005 15:40:31 +0100 Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald(_at_)alvestrand(_dot_)no> wrote:


ISOC will permit IASA and its designee(s) to have sole control and
custodianship of such Developed Software, and ISOC
will not utilize or access such Developed Software in
connection with any ISOC function other than IETF without
the written consent of the IAD.

This looks problematic to me. It suggests that if the IASA funds development work on an open-source ticketing system, that ISOC would not be allowed to use that system without the consent of the IAD. This is wrong - if the IASA is going to fund any open-source development, it should not expect to have control over who uses the result.


Also, I'm a bit concerned about language that tries to limit what ISOC can do without the written consent of the IAD. Given that the IAD will be an employee of ISOC, it's not clear that this actually provides any protection.

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