Hi Chris,
At 13:59 01-08-2013, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
Re the Trust's plenary slides (I was not in Berlin):
I have an allergy to modifying the Trust Agreement unless there's an
overwhelming reason to do so. It was a very hard-won piece of text.
> Issue #1
> We have recently been asked permission to
> republish the TAO with a creative commons
> license, but unfortunately the current trust
> agreement does not give the trustees the
> rights to do this
It doesn't? You have the right to license "existing and future
intellectual property" according to clause 2.1 of the Trust Agreement.
Is there some particular property of the CC license that causes a
problem?
I was told during the JSON chartering that relicensing of the
specification was not a problem. I would appreciate some feedback on
the questions from Brian Carpenter.
> Issue #3
> Once a domain name or trademark is
> registered by the trust, it cannot be
> abandoned even if it is no longer needed
> We must maintain these in perpetuity
IANAL, but it isn't clear to me that clause 9.4 forces you to do this.
It requires you to "take reasonable steps" and to file applications "as
the Trustees deem necessary in order to maintain and protect the Trust
Assets." If you decide (and minute) that it isn't reasonable or necessary
to maintain veryolddomainname.org, where's the crime?
The IAOC decided to register a domain name. It wasn't well-thought
in my humble opinion. Anyway, I don't see why there will ever be a
need for a new domain. As for trademarks, well, I don't see why the
IETF needs more of them.
Regards,
-sm