Re: [tlp-interest] Proposed Policy on Rights in IANA Parameter Registry Data

John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Mon, 21 September 2020 00:34 UTC

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From: John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: [tlp-interest] Proposed Policy on Rights in IANA Parameter Registry Data
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> [GD] My worry in trying to add material that addresses “avoidance of 
> doubt” is that we can easily and unintentionally introduce more 
> confusion, or misinterpretations by readers.  The current statement is 
> simply about copyrights of the lists of parameters. It does not address 
> or mention anything about the data in the lists such as how they are 
> created, how they are used, who can edit them.  It’s limited to the 
> simple declaration that the list itself is declared to be a CC0 public 
> domain asset.

I'm with you, particularly for registries which we do not control.  While 
I think I know what IANA and ICANN's policies are about the domain name 
and IP address registries, it would be nuts to try to explain or paraphase 
them.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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