Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal Provisions to accommodate the inclusion of RFC Templates
"Joel M. Halpern" <jmh@joelhalpern.com> Tue, 27 January 2015 15:47 UTC
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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:43:15 -0500
From: "Joel M. Halpern" <jmh@joelhalpern.com>
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That seems like a good idea. Thank you. Joel On 1/27/15 9:23 AM, Tobias Gondrom wrote: > Dear IETFers, > > The IETF Trust has been requested by the IESG and RFC Editor to provide > a license in cases > where RFCs contain Templates. The Trustees propose modifying the Trust > Legal Provisions > (TLP) based upon a need to extract and fill in text from RFCs that > contain Templates. E.g. > the Internet-Draft draft-ietf-sidr-cps-04 contains a Template for others > to copy and modify. > Under the normal TLP provisions this would be considered a derivative > work and not permitted. > > The current TLP is here: > <http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info/IETF-TLP-4.pdf>. > > The Trustees’ response is a proposed change to the TLP that addresses > the issue for this and > future RFCs. The change enables specific text in an RFC that is > designated as a Template to be > subject to a new provision in the TLP that says that extraction and > modification are authorized. > > The Trustees are considering the following language changes to the TLP > to permit the modification > of RFC Templates: > > 9. Template Text > > a. Certain RFCs may contain text designated as “Template Text” by the > inclusion of the following > legend in the introduction to the RFC: > > “This RFC contains text intended for use as a template as > designated below by the markers > <BEGIN TEMPLATE TEXT> and <END TEMPLATE TEXT> or other clear > designation. Such > Template Text is subject to the provisions of Section 9(b) of the Trust > Legal Provisions.” > > b. In addition to the other rights granted under the TLP with respect > to each RFC, the Trust grants > to all interested persons a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, > perpetual right and license under > all copyrights and rights of authors to make, reproduce, publish and > distribute modifications of the > Template Text (e.g., to insert specific information in place of blanks > or place-holders), and reproduce, > modify and distribute such modified Template Text. > > We would like hear your thoughts on changing the Trust Legal Provisions > to accommodate the inclusion > of RFC Templates. Comments will be considered that are received through > 25th February. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Tobias Gondrom > Chair, IETF Trust > >
- Community Input on change to the Trust Legal Prov… Tobias Gondrom
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … John C Klensin
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Joel M. Halpern
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Sam Hartman
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Alia Atlas
- RE: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Eric Gray
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Stephan Wenger
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … John Levine
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … John Levine
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Sean Turner
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Matthew Lepinski
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … John C Klensin
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Nico Williams
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Nico Williams
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … Sam Hartman
- Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal … John C Klensin