Re: Community Input on change to the Trust Legal Provisions to accommodate the inclusion of RFC Templates

[Matthew Lepinski <[e-mail]>]

It would be good to be able to support templates in the RFC series.

The proposed text from Tobias looks quite reasonable.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Tobias Gondrom <[e-mail]>
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
>
>