ADMIN: One topic per subject line (Re: IETF Trust FAQ)

[Harald Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no>]

(chair / mailing list moderator hat on)

Lawrence Rosen wrote:
> Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>   
> > are you still talking about the issue of extracting code from RFCs, or
> > have you switched to talking about the IETF's patent policy?
> >     
>
> All along in this WG I've been talking about exactly one thing: The freedom
> to implement any IETF specification under any open source (and proprietary)
> software license. That's what "open standards" mean. Nothing else really
> matters. That is the sole purpose for revising the IETF IP policy. That is
> the sole reason for IETF.
>
> It was not me but others here who insisted on transforming this discussion
> into one about unhelpful distinctions between "code" and "text," and on the
> unhelpful concept of "extracting code" to "make/use." The bigger issue is
> putting software (whether derived from code or text in an IETF specification
> or an original implementation of that specification) to work. That's why I
> have insisted all along not only upon a compatible IETF contributor
> *copyright* license, but an IETF contributor *patent* license that allows
> everyone to make and use software-based products that implement IETF
> specifications. (I have written MANY emails on this topic; I have not
> switched to a new topic!)
>   
You have entered text in reply to a topic entitled "IETF Trust FAQ".

I freely grant you that you have said the same thing on these topics all 
along, but I cannot accept that you go on posting on your specific topic 
in threads that concern other topics without changing the subject line.

Please respect mailing list civility.

                      Harald, speaking as chair.


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