Re: draft-bradner-rfc-extracts-00.txt

Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@sun.com> writes:

> A number of the open source licenses I've found include a requirement 
> that people distributing modified versions notify the original licensor 
> of the changes.
>
> Would it be sufficient to require that folks wishing to redistribute
> non-interoperable derivative works document their changes in the form 
> of either a note to a relevant WG or area list or an internet-draft 
> submission?  This at least makes them stick a toe into the IETF process..

That may fail the "Desert Island" test, which some organization appear
to be concerned with, compare
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines>.  It
may be helpful to review <http://www.debian.org/social_contract> to
understand the rationale behind such requirements.

However, if the real problem is that people would modify standards and
call them IETF standards, I believe it would be clearer to explicitly
forbid that in the license.  Instead of creating other problems.

> Before I try to do that, can you say more specifically what you want
> to prevent or preclude?

I would also like to understand the answer to that question.

Thanks,
Simon

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