[Techspec] Re: RFC Author Count and IPR

Dear Russ,
the authors can either be individuals or WGs. The practice to quote 
authors for WG documents while they are a cooperative work seems a 
wrong practice to me. Copyrights' period take into consideration the 
date of the death of the last contributor. The name of all the 
members of a WG should be noted if the rights are not exclusively 
with the IETF. When a group of individuals wants to propose a 
document its members known the numerus clausus before (whatever the 
number). The missing possibility is for an entity to introduce a 
collective Draft. Only IAN, IESG, etc.can introduce a Draft under 
their name. IMHO WG2 and R&D organisations should too.
jfc

At 18:37 24/05/2006, Russ Housley wrote:

>I am concerned that the current RFC Editor practice that limits the 
>number of authors is in conflict with the IETF IPR policies.  The 
>RFC Editor currently limits the author count to five people.  Recent 
>IPR WG discussions make it clear to me that authors retain 
>significant copyright.
>
>In one of the working groups in the Security Area, there is a 
>document with six authors on it.  I asked the WG chairs to reduce 
>the author count in the hope of avoiding a problem down the 
>road.  At that time, I was not aware of the copyright.  Now, I think 
>I gave the WG Chairs inappropriate directions.
>
>The IESG and the whole Internet Community needs clear direction on 
>this issue.  I suspect that the IPR WG will be a part of the process 
>to resolve it.  Also, the Tech Spec document, which is currently in 
>Last Call, many need to include a requirement that the RFC Editor 
>explicitly acknowledge copyright holders in some fashion.
>
>Russ
>
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