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Re: Copying conditions

sob@harvard.edu (scott bradner) Thu, 07 October 2004 11:24 UTC

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> If you extract, say, a C header file, or an ASN.1 schema, from an RFC
> into an application, I believe that may be regard as a "derivative
> work".

see RFC 3667 Section 3.3 (a) (E)

      (E)  to extract, copy, publish, display, distribute, modify and
           incorporate into other works, for any purpose (and not 
           limited to use within the IETF Standards Process) any
           executable code or code fragments that are included in any
           IETF Document (such as MIB and PIB modules), subject to the
           requirements of Section 5 (it also being understood that the
           licenses granted under this paragraph (E) shall not be deemed
           to grant any right under any patent, patent application or
           other similar intellectual property right disclosed by the
           Contributor under [IETF IPR]).

Scott

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