On Mar 21, 2016, at 9:33 PM, Stephan Wenger <stewe(_at_)stewe(_dot_)org>
wrote:
Hi,
On 3/21/16, 09:51, "IETF-Announce on behalf of IESG Secretary"
<ietf-announce-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org on behalf of
iesg-secretary(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org> wrote:
[…]
• If you are aware that any IETF contribution is covered by patents or
patent applications that are owned or controlled by you or your
sponsor, you must disclose that fact, or not participate in the
discussion.
Is “not participate in the discussion” broad enough? Does it include
humming, show of hands, etc? Perhaps replace “participate in the discussion”
with “influence the decision processes regarding the contribution” or
“participate in the deliberations regarding the contribution”?
see section 1.k of the just published
draft-bradner-rfc3979bis-08.txt
the IPR BOF said strongly that the answer is
"acting in order to influence the outcome of a discussion relating to the IETF
Standards Process”
and specifically includes participating in hums, shows of hands etc
Scott
Stephan