Re: Congratulations on the publication of RFCs 5377 and 5378

[TS Glassey <[e-mail]>]

Russ - as the Chair - if these documents create untenable IP controls - 
and people or entities are damaged - Does the IETF assume financial 
liability for its rules and processes here?

Todd Glassey


Russ Housley wrote:
> Dear IPR WG:
>
> Thanks you for you efforts.  It was quite an effort to complete these 
> documents.  Thanks for many months of effort.
>
> With the publication of these RFCs, the charter of the IPR WG is 
> fulfilled, so I will be closing the IPR WG soon.  The mail list will 
> remain open to discuss IETF IPR issues in the future.  Many thanks to 
> Stefan Wenger for his kind offer to act as moderator.
>
> Once again, thank you for you contributions.
>
> Russ Housley
> General Area Director
>
>
>> To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
>> Subject: RFC 5377 on Advice to the Trustees of the IETF Trust on 
>> Rights to Be
>>         Granted in IETF Documents
>> From: [e-mail]
>> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:50:31 -0800 (PST)
>> Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail]
>>
>> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
>>
>>         RFC 5377
>>
>>         Title:      Advice to the Trustees of
>>                     the IETF Trust on Rights to
>>                     Be Granted in IETF Documents
>>         Author:     J. Halpern, Ed.
>>         Status:     Informational
>>         Date:       November 2008
>>         Mailbox:    [e-mail]
>>         Pages:      8
>>         Characters: 17843
>>         Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None
>>
>>         I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ipr-outbound-rights-07.txt
>>
>>         URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5377.txt
>>
>> Contributors grant intellectual property rights to the IETF.  The
>> IETF Trust holds and manages those rights on behalf of the IETF.  The
>> Trustees of the IETF Trust are responsible for that management.  This
>> management includes granting the licenses to copy, implement, and
>> otherwise use IETF Contributions, among them Internet-Drafts and
>> RFCs.  The Trustees of the IETF Trust accepts direction from the IETF
>> regarding the rights to be granted.  This document describes the
>> desires of the IETF regarding outbound rights to be granted in IETF
>> Contributions.  This memo provides information for the Internet 
>> community.
>>
>> This document is a product of the Intellectual Property Rights 
>> Working Group of the IETF.
>>
>> INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet 
>> community.
>> It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
>> this memo is unlimited.
>
>
>> To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
>> Subject: BCP 78, RFC 5378 on Rights Contributors Provide to the IETF 
>> Trust
>> From: [e-mail]
>> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:50:39 -0800 (PST)
>> Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail]
>>
>> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
>>
>>         BCP 78
>>         RFC 5378
>>
>>         Title:      Rights Contributors Provide to the
>>                     IETF Trust
>>         Author:     S. Bradner, Ed.,
>>                     J. Contreras, Ed.
>>         Status:     Best Current Practice
>>         Date:       November 2008
>>         Mailbox:    [e-mail],
>>                     [e-mail]
>>         Pages:      16
>>         Characters: 37980
>>         Obsoletes:  RFC3978, RFC4748
>>         Updates:    RFC2026
>>         See Also:   BCP0078
>>
>>         I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ipr-3978-incoming-09.txt
>>
>>         URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5378.txt
>>
>> The IETF policies about rights in Contributions to the IETF are designed
>> to ensure that such Contributions can be made available to the IETF and
>> Internet communities while permitting the authors to retain as many
>> rights as possible.  This memo details the IETF policies on rights in
>> Contributions to the IETF.  It also describes the objectives that the
>> policies are designed to meet.  This memo obsoletes RFCs 3978 and 4748
>> and, with BCP 79 and RFC 5377, replaces Section 10 of RFC 2026.  This
>> document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
>> Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
>> improvements.
>>
>> This document is a product of the Intellectual Property Rights 
>> Working Group of the IETF.
>>
>> BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
>> Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
>> improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
>
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