The purpose of this message is to announce the start of a 30-day community review period for a proposed revision to the IETF Trust's "Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents" (TLP) policy. The intended purpose of this TLP revision is to delete the hard requirement for copyright boilerplate text to appear on the first page of every IETF document. This is in response to recent suggestions from the community and discussion amongst the Trustees. The details of the proposed revision to the TLP are as follows: - delete the requirement that copyright text must appear on the first page of every new IETF Document, - add text to say the IESG will specify where copyright and other legal boilerplate text should appear in Internet Drafts, and - add text that the RFC Editor will specify the manner and location of copyright text for RFCs The new text is for the start of Section 6 in the TLP document. The proposed text is as follows: 6. Text To Be Included in IETF Documents. The following text must be included in each IETF Document so as to give reasonable notice of the claim of copyright. The IESG shall specify the manner and location of such text for Internet Drafts. The RFC Editor shall specify the manner and location of such text for RFCs. A marked-up version of the TLP document is available on the IETF Trust website under the heading: "Draft Policies and Procedures for IETF Documents" at http://trustee.ietf.org/policyandprocedures.html Please accept this message as a formal request by the IETF Trustees for your review and feedback on the proposed revision to the TLP document. Today marks the beginning of a 30-day community review period. I expect the Trustees will appreciate all comments and suggestion received during this review period, and then decide on whether to adopt this revision shortly after April 15th, 2009. Regards, and Thanks in advance, Ed Juskevicius IETF Trust Chair edj.etc@gmail.com _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
