I'm moving this to ietf(_at_)ieft(_dot_)org(_dot_) There are important policy
implications
here that the entire community should understand before we let the IPR WG
decide for us on a policy so opposite to open source and open standards!
I am also copying this separately to the Open Web Foundation (OWF) list,
which I believe may have some interest in ensuring that it can copy and
modify IETF specifications for its own standards any time it damn well
pleases.
/Larry
At 11:18 AM -0700 9/17/08, Lawrence Rosen wrote:
Suppose you were to specifically ask whether IETF wants to prevent
other
SDOs from re-publishing (modified) IETF text within their own specs? Do
you
expect that the community here really wants to limit the use of IETF
specs
in that way?
Yes, undoubtedly that was the WG consensus. We don't want to see other
SDOs
publishing incompatible versions of our protocols, period. And this is
not paranoia; it's evidence-based, although I don't want to point the
finger
at specific SDOs, since such matters are usually handled by courteous
bilateral discussions. Using copyright protection is clearly a last
resort.
Why on earth would a volunteer, cooperative standards
organization like IETF want to do that to other volunteer, cooperative
SDOs?
Becaus our primary mission is to make the Internet work better, which
requires interoperable protocols, which precludes incompatible versions.
Brian
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Please note: There is an earlier set of emails on this thread in the
archives of the IPR WG.
/Larry
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