RE: I-D ACTION:draft-bradner-author-contributors-00.txt

> >I've already received a suggestion (from Chuck Adams) that the IETF
> >should get the right to use, within the IETF standards process, any
> >derivative works developed outside the IETF. =20
> 
> >I think this is a good idea but I think that a requirement for that
> >should go in a different section of a revised RFC 3978 since this
> >paragraph is in a section requesting rights from contributors.
> 
> JLC>  This sounds difficult to implement and could be controversial.
> What if the Contributor or another implementer=20
> advances the technology internally? Should those advancements=20
> be licensed to IETF for standards purposes?  Would this inhibit
> building independent works on top of IETF standards?

assuming that
	1/ the author can continute to do whatever the author wants to
do (including telling someelse that they can create derivative works)
	2/ the IETF actually wants to grant an OK to do work elsewhere 
(independent of author involvement)

I do not see any confusion with teh IETF putting a condition on
the OK - if the other developer wants to not do a give-back they can go
to the author for permission

Scott

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