Re: ROLC/IPATM Joint meeting final minutes

[Andy Malis <[e-mail]>]

Kent,

> >Drew Perkins, the ATM Forum liaison to the IETF, announced a relaxation
> >in the ATM Forum's document distribution policy, to allow ROLC, IP/ATM,
> >and other relevant working groups easier access to ATM Forum documents,
> >including electronic access.

> I recently checked the ATM Forum web server for something along
> these lines but found nothing.  Are we to wait until the next IETF
> to talk about it more, or will the ATM Forum release draft
> documents?

You're not the first person to ask this question.  I've specifically
included Drew on this reply so that he and Joel (as the two official
liaisons between the Forum and the IETF) can jointly yank whatever
chains are necessary on the Forum side to convert words into action.

> Why not enter Forum drafts into the Internet Drafts system under
> rolc or ipatm?

It's a fine idea, but it can only be done by the holders of the
documents' intellectual property rights.  This can either be the
author or authors, if the document is an original contribution, or the
Forum itself, in the case of draft or completed specifications and
agreements.  It can't be done by me (unless I wrote the contribution
in question) or by the IETF.

In fact, all ATM Forum documents (draft or otherwise) contain the
following as a part of their boilerplate:

  "(C) 1995 The ATM Forum. All Rights Reserved. No part of this
  publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means."

(Please don't report me to the copyright police for reproducing that
much of the document boilerplate! :-)

So, the IETF can't turn these into I-Ds on its own.  Now, the actual
mechanism the Forum uses to implement the policy might include
publication as an I-D, but that's also up to the Forum to say.

Just so it's clear: this particular message is Copyright (C) 1995
Ascom Nexion, may be forwarded or redistributed in its entirety, and
may be partially quoted for the purpose of generating replies.  So
there!

Cheers,
Andy
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