Re: Section 6.5: Additional Licenses for IETF Contributions

["todd glassey" <tglassey at earthlink.net>]

Simon -

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Josefsson" <simon at josefsson.org>
To: <ipr-wg at ietf.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:44 AM
Subject: Section 6.5: Additional Licenses for IETF Contributions


> 6.5.  Additional Licenses for IETF Contributions
>
>   There have been contexts where the material in an IETF contribution
>   is also available under other license terms.

This is critical since it means that the IETF's Outgoing Licensing must meet 
the requirements of all of that other licensing.

Likewise, publishing any document and its Code Inclusions for any and all 
uses, clearly violates the Research Exemption section from the US Copyright 
code as well, since the only exemption is for specific research and not "any 
and all" uses as the IETF has stated in its outgoing licensing.

>   The IETF wishes to be
>   able to include content which is available under such licenses.

Again - so if this is true, then the terms and conditions of those licenses 
need to be retained in the IETF's outgoing rights model.

>   It
>   is desirable to indicate in the IETF contribution that other licenses
>   are available.

It is critical in disclosing that there are external rights issues 
pertaining to this IP and as such the relying party needs to do proper 
diligence on their rights to use this IP which may in fact be "not at all" 
depending on the external rights.

Also if External Rights issues pop up, since they (those other IP Rights 
holders) will have Take Down and Retraction/Termination Processes, for the 
IETF to intentionally publish something under its ANY AND ALL USES FOREVER