Re: #1273 How do we usefully define "excerpt"?

[Harald Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no>]

Simon Josefsson wrote:
>   
> > > John Klensin has raised another concern:
> > >
> > > "I'm prepared to lose this one, although, if I do, I'm going to
> > > press strongly for copyright transfers to the IETF so the policy
> > > can be administered ("why that is relevant" is probably a
> > > different thread, but hinges on when an excerpt isn't "just" an
> > > excerpt)."
> > >       
> > I'm not sure. If we get the right to allow derivative works by 3rd parties,
> > why would we need this?
> >     
>
> Good question, I don't see why.
>
> In general, I think that Copyright transfers may be a good idea
> anyway.  It would, e.g., enable the IETF to defend copyright
> infringement on RFCs.  OTOH, the IETF might prefer to avoid wasting
> time in court though.
>   
As Todd Glassey is fond of pointing out, copyright transfers are usually 
done via mechanisms that have relatively high transaction costs - both 
in terms of number of steps required and in the number of signoffs one 
usually has to get before jumping through those hoops.

How much more expensive can we usefully make the process?

> /Simon
>
>   


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