Re: IETF Last Call for two IPR WG Dcouments

[SM <[e-mail]>]

At 03:01 28-03-2008, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>Regarding -outbound section 4.3:
>
>
>    As such, the rough consensus is that the IETF Trust is to grant
>    rights such that code components of IETF contributions can be
>    extracted, modified, and used by anyone in any way desired.  To
>    enable the broadest possible extraction, modification and usage, the
>    IETF Trust should avoid adding software license obligations beyond
>    those already present in a contribution.  The granted rights to
>    extract, modify and use code should allow creation of derived works
>    outside the IETF that may carry additional license obligations.
>...
>
>I believe the intention here is good, but it leaves the IETF Trust with
>no guidelines on how to write the license declaration that is likely to
>work well in practice with actual products.  There are no reference to
>what "open source" means in this context, and references to "free
>software" is missing.

The above are guidelines.  You'll get a different definition of what 
"open source" or "free software" is depending on whom you ask.  The 
words "enable the broadest possible extraction, modification and 
usage" provides more scope.

>To give the Trust something concrete to work with I propose to add the
>following:
>
>   To make sure the granted rights are usable in practice, they need to
>   at least meet the requirements of the Open Source Definition [OSD],
>   the Free Software Definition [FSD], and the Debian Free Software
>   Guidelines [DFSG].

These are not guidelines; they are requirements.

Regards,
-sm


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