Re: Editors vs Authors vs Contributors, was: ANNOUNCEMENT: The IETF Trustees invite your review and comments on a proposed Work-Around to the Pre-5378 Problem

[Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com>]

On 2009-01-23 05:40, Julian Reschke wrote:
...
> That leaves us with the question whether any contributor (IPR-wise)
> needs to be called "author". Not sure about that. But if we don't call
> them authors, they should be listed in a agreed-upon place in the spec.

For minor contributors, the Acknowledgments section seems appropriate,
and that follows normal practice in all kinds of publications.

> Because of the IPR implications, that probably should also include
> contact info, just as for authors.

That would only arise for pre-RFC5378 text that is subject to the
disclaimer clause *and* fails a "fair use" test. But it isn't much use
anyway - the contact info in almost every older RFC is obsolete.

    Brian
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