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Re: DISCUSS: Rights normally granted
Joel M. Halpern wrote:
I really don't like the idea of "authors may". We need to figure out
what we feel works for IETF RFCs.
I, for one, do not feel that IETF RFCs should ever require that folks
who work with and modify the code should have to "share alike". It has
been clearly demonstrated that we need to permit modification of the
code. If we are going to permit modification, and we want a wide range
of uses, we must not get into a situation where we make it difficult for
a range of folks (corporate developers, for example) to actually use
it. Having dealt with corporations trying to live in good faith with
"share alike" rules, it is a pain.
I agree, so I prefer the original formulation. But if the consensus is
for the new formulation, I would prefer:
Drafts and RFCs MAY state that substantial
modifications based on the published code have to be
"shared alike", i.e. published with a similar proviso.
We should focus on the documents, not the contributors.
Brian
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