Michael Dillon wrote:
FSF is very well intentioned; don't understand me to say otherwise. That
said, I think their view on IPR is pretty extreme - "no IPR is acceptable".
Perhaps that is their view as an organization, but if the IETF engages
with the FSF to get individuals involved in the IPR discussions, I
think you will find more flexibility of viewpoint.
Yes but their control is narrow so derivatives are freely made. That's
not the license everyone wants for their standard but it serves FSF
users. So we should do something that allows any type of standard (open
use, open-source, proprietary/controlled use) to be done with the same
standards development and validation framework. To do that maybe the
licensing needs to be rethought...
If the IETF chooses to ignore the FSF, I don't think that strategy will work.
Which brings us back to the idea that the party managing the standard
development effort should define the licensing model rather than the
model being uniform to the IETF. Seriously think this through - how
about we modify the standards process so that the WIG Development effort
selects the specific licensing model for that effort. In fact you may
have several efforts implementing the same services side by side, except
with separate licensing's.
I think that the licensing model should be totally linked to the
standard effort so everyone gets what they want...
You guys want ultimate control - so take it - move the licensing process
into the Project Definition and allow people to select those models
already in place or specify something different. This means that the
issue of negotiating this goes away and we can get back to more
important topics.
We also will in one fell swoop open the IETF to totally open-sourced
standards models and proprietary ones too. Imagine that - if the
licensing model is just moved into the standard itself from the boiler
plate housed in the BCP's.
Todd Glassey
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