Re: [Techspec] RFC Author Count and IPR

On Thu, 25 May 2006, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:

> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 06:42:06AM -0700, Lucy E. Lynch wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 May 2006, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>>
>>> Lucy E. Lynch wrote:
>>>> Let me try re-stating my question. Is there a one-to-one relationship
>>>> between the listed authors on an IETF document and ownership of the
>>>> given document's Intellectual Property?
>>> I can answer that one...
>>>
>>> No.
>>
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Lucy E. Lynch 				Academic User Services
>
> 	not knowing Harolds legal background or current standing w/
> 	the ABA, (or EU equivalent) I think that Bob's recommendation
> 	on getting actual legal advice on your question puts you and
> 	the organziation represented (IETF) on much better grounding
> 	than a simple; "I can answer that... no" on an email list.
>
> 	just my (uninformed) opinion.

Bill -

Understood, as I say, I'm just trying to get a handle the range of 
community opinion(s) and the scope of the problem. This issue
cuts across TechSpec, the IPR WG, the RFC-Editor's office, and
the IETF Trust (as well as individual authors etc.). Everyone sees 
this slightly differently. Before we ask for advise, I'd like to 
understand the problem set.

> --bill
>

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Lucy E. Lynch 				Academic User Services
Computing Center			University of Oregon
llynch  @darkwing.uoregon.edu		(541) 346-1774

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