Re: [Ianaplan] update on trademarks and domains & IETF trust

[Roger Jørgensen <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Jari Arkko <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
<snip>
> And now to 2016. Earlier this month the names community CWG has made a tentative decision that they would in principle be OK with this arrangement: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/cwg-stewardship/2016-January/004603.html
>
> As a result, the three communities are now coordinating to see if we can set this arrangement up. From the IETF Andrew and me are part of a small coordination group. A mailing list is being set up with public archives for the coordination group, and I will share the link as soon as I have it. As a part of these discussions, I have shared an early draft for principal terms associated with the relevant agreements (a copy at the end of this email). This is being discussed and probably significantly revised, but it is a start. The most important thing is to ensure that the agreement between the OCs and the IETF Trust have the sufficient and proper rights for the parties. For instance, that the OCs have the rights they need to control and use the IANA trademarks and domains for their purposes. And yet, the usual IETF-only operation of the IETF Trust should not be affected.

That's excellent news! It's good that we all  (IETF, RIR, names and
all others) see the benefit of splitting the operator vs holder of the
right, and not put it all into one basket.


> My plan is that the coordination group needs to come up with mutually acceptable principal terms. Once we have those, we can take the matter further. In the IETF system the IETF Trust and the IAOC is the one responsible for final approval of the agreements. But we will keep the community updated as well. If anyone has feedback on the early draft terms, the trustees and the small coordination group would certainly appreciate feedback.

It's good that you'll keep the community updated, and I support the
move of the trademarks to IETF Trust. The text was good as far as I
could read it. I guess other might have comments and the text evolve
until it's something that everyone can agree on.



Keep up the good work!

-- 

Roger Jorgensen           | ROJO9-RIPE
[e-mail]          | - IPv6 is The Key!
http://www.jorgensen.no   | [e-mail]