Evaluation: draft-ietf-ipr-submission-rights - IETF Rights in Contributions

[IESG Secretary <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>]

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Last Call to expire on: 2003-08-11

        Please return the full line with your position.

                      Yes  No-Objection  Discuss  Abstain
Harald Alvestrand    [ X ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Steve Bellovin       [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Randy Bush           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Bill Fenner          [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Ned Freed            [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Ted Hardie           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Russ Housley         [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Allison Mankin       [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Thomas Narten        [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Jon Peterson         [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Margaret Wasserman   [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Bert Wijnen          [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Alex Zinin           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]

2/3 (9) Yes or No-Objection opinions needed to pass.

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'IETF Rights in Contributions' to BCP 

The IESG has approved following documents:

- 'Guidelines for Working Groups on Intellectual Property Issues '
   <draft-ietf-ipr-wg-guidelines-05.txt> as an Informational RFC
- 'IETF Rights in Contributions '
   <draft-ietf-ipr-submission-rights-07.txt> as a BCP
- 'Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology '
   <draft-ietf-ipr-technology-rights-11.txt> as a BCP

These documents are products of the Intellectual Property Rights Working 
Group. 

The IESG contact person is Harald Alvestrand.

Technical summary

  This set of 3 documents replaces section 10 of RFC 2026, and provides
  a much more detailed description of the considerations regarding
  intellectual property that need to be taken into account when working
  in the IETF.
  Particular attention is paid to copyright issues and issues concerning
  requirements for implementation, such as patent licensing.
  The "Guidelines" document relates useful experience gathered when
  working with IPR issues in the IETF.

Working Group summary

  The working group was chartered to document existing IPR practice in
  the IETF, and discuss whether updates were needed.
  After a great deal of debate, a strong consensus emerged that the
  fundamental IPR practice in the IETF should not be changed at this time.
  The details of IPR practice were gone over in minute detail, and the
  documents are believed to represent WG consensus on the practice that
  the IETF should follow at present.

Protocol Quality

   The documents were reviewed for the IESG by Harald Alvestrand.