RE: Proposed IESG Statement on IPR Declarations

["Adrian Farrel" <[e-mail]>]

AFAICS the only new material is in the final paragraph, although the last sentence is also apparently not new.

I would advise the IESG to not make a statement in parallel to BCP 79 since alternative wording of the same material will create rather than remove ambiguity. Say new things if they need to be said; revise BCP 79 if it needs to be revised; but don't make statements that look like they are "talking for the sake of talking."

Adrian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IETF-Announce [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of
> IESG Secretary
> Sent: 07 July 2016 21:21
> To: IETF Announcement List
> Subject: Proposed IESG Statement on IPR Declarations
> 
> The IESG is considering an IESG statement on IPR Declarations, and would
> like to solicit comments from the community on the proposed text. The
> proposed text is provided below.
> 
> The IESG will make a decision about this matter shortly. Please provide
> comments, if any, to [e-mail] or to the IESG at [e-mail]
> before July 31, 2016.
> 
> ——
> 
> IESG Statement on IPR Declarations:
> 
> BCP 79 discusses Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) within the IETF
> process and technologies being worked on at the IETF.
> 
> Among other things, BCP 79 specifies how and when IPR disclosures ought
> to be made. The purpose of such disclosures is to inform IETF
> participants and those that use IETF technologies about IPR that may be
> associated with the technology in question.
> 
> The IESG also observes that the IETF posts all IPR disclosures (other
> than obvious spam, which is not an IPR disclosure), as they are
> received, in our IPR disclosure database. This database is available at
> https://www.ietf.org/ipr/.
> 
> However, as noted in BCP 79, the IETF will make no determination about
> the validity of any particular IPR claim. Neither the IETF nor the IESG
> makes any attempt to verify patent validity or the validity of any other
> statements in the IPR disclosure text. As BCP 79, Sec. 4(B) indicates:
> 
> "The IESG disclaims any responsibility for identifying the
> existence of or for evaluating the applicability of any IPR,
> disclosed or otherwise, to any IETF technology, specification or
> standard, and will take no position on the validity or scope of
> any such IPR claims."
> 
> The material posted as IPR disclosures should be viewed as originating
> from the source of that information, and any issue or question related
> to the material should be directed to the source rather than the IETF.
> There is no implied endorsement or agreement by the IETF or the IESG
> with any of the material.