Re: [Ianaplan] numbers community plan

"Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> Tue, 13 January 2015 07:40 UTC

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On 2015/01/13 04:36, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Eliot,

>> Obviously IPR can impact us.  We should stay focused on the impact to
>> the IETF.  Discussions that don't impact the IETF seem better homed in
>> the other communities.
>
> Correct, but if the IETF Trust is asked (as seems possible) to accept
> IPR that affects the names and numbers communities as well as the IETF,
> then they (the Trust) will need clear input from the IETF, since the
> sole beneficiary of the Trust is "the IETF as a whole". (They will also
> need legal and tax advice to be sure that they will not violate
> the Trust Agreement and 501(c)(3) status.)
>
> I think this WG would be the obvious sounding board for that discussion,
> but there's not much point in crossing that bridge until we come to it,
> i.e. a specific request is made to the Trust from outside the IETF.

Agreed.

I'd note that one reason that was brought up for not saying anything 
about the IETF Trust in the draft we worked on was that we didn't want 
to impose that on the other communities. At least for the numbers 
community, that obstacle clearly is out of the way.

Regards,   Martin.