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Re: IETF and open source license compatibility

sob@harvard.edu (Scott O. Bradner) Fri, 13 February 2009 13:27 UTC

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> > A more interesting question is if you can submit somebody else's
> > public domain work to the IETF.  I don't know the answer to that.
> 
> Legally, yes; it's public domain.  Academic honesty and common courtesy
> would demand an acknowledgment.

more than that - the standards process requires an acknowledgment of all 
significant contributers so an acknowledgment is required

Scott

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