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Re: Stupid question: How are "the rights to represent the Sponsor" as codified in BCP78 and BCP79...
On 2007-12-14 13:02, Don Armstrong wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
If someone comes to the IETF and makes contributions that their
employer later objects to, that is not the IETF's problem, because
the IETF has the right to make derivative works in any case.
This assumes that the IETF has been properly granted permission from
the entity who is (or entities who are) legally able to do so.
The IETF works with individual contributors, full stop.
If an individual makes a false representation, that's between
the individual and his/her employer.
I don't mean that the IETF should wilfully ignore rights; but
we *presume* that contributors aren't misrepresenting their rights
when they make a contribution.
If that
hasn't been done, then the IETF doesn't have the right to make
derivative works from it, full stop.
If a party other than the contributor later asserts that the
contributor misrepresented their rights, that would obviously
end up in the hands of the IETF's counsel. This has happened,
extremely rarely, and been resolved by negotiation. It's unlikely
to be clear-cut, though.
Brian
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