RE: Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents

["Contreras, Jorge" <Jorge.Contreras at wilmerhale.com>]

Just to be clear:  there is only one type of copyright.  It is created
by statute.  There are many different types of copyright licenses,
however.  And I think that's what is being discussed here.  This being
said, I agree with Steve.  The IPR-WG has settled on the BSD license for
licensing Code Components, which is a very open, flexible model.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipr-wg-bounces at ietf.org 
> [mailto:ipr-wg-bounces at ietf.org] On Behalf Of Steven M. Bellovin
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:31 AM
> To: TS Glassey
> Cc: Simon Josefsson; IETF Discussion; IAOC; Paul Hoffman; 
> ipr-wg at ietf.org
> Subject: Re: Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
> 
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:44:15 -0700
> "TS Glassey" <tglassey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > Why cant a code object or any embedded licensable IP object be
> > included under a 'instantaneous' copyright which is noted at the
> > close of the <CODE> block. Why cant we build a code model where the
> > code itself includes a separate (c) if its warranted? - this totally
> > allows the inclusion of copyrighted IP into IETF processes without
> > messing up too much...
> > 
> That's a fair question.  The intent is to restrict the allowable forms
> of copyright -- we don't want certain classes of restrictions in RFCs,
> because they limit the utility of the code.
> 
> 
> 		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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