Re: Copyright Confusion (was Re: IAB/IETF standardization process)

[Masataka Ohta <[e-mail]>]

> My understand is that if you
> have any of those rights in any part of a work, you are justified in
> putting your copyright notice on it.

As long as the attached copyright statement covers your work only,
you can, which is not the case.

> And even for
> the other material, created by the persons writing the main text of
> the RFC, the fact that ISOC has the explicit right to grant the right
> to prepare derivative works, for example, justifies a copyright
> notice.

You are completely wrong, here.

> I certainly trust Vint Cerf that all this has been gone over with
> a fine tooth comb by lawyers.

It's an Internet Draft. If you trust Vint, you don't have to read the Draft.

But, don't say I should not comment on the Draft.

> Repeating: if you have any rights in any part of a work, you are

You should not repeat garbages. Read related laws, instead.

						Masataka Ohta