Hi Khaled,
At 06:07 PM 30-04-2020, Khaled Omar wrote:
I think the only difference is that RFCs are promoted IDs to be
standards, this gives the permission to those who are interested to
apply it the same way, and for sure they will earn from it, so this
doesn't means to apply the contents without permission (or
acknowledgment or agreement) between the authors (or developers) and
the interested parties.
The license which is applicable for an IETF RFC is the same as the
one for an I-D. There isn't any requirement to seek
permission. That does not mean that a person can blindly copy parts
of the work. It is considered as dishonest, in some venues, to
represent the work of another person as your own work. The law can
be invoked if the interested parties cannot reach an agreement on
whether there should be an acknowledgement. There are other ways to
protect the idea, e.g. patents were mentioned on the thread. It is
the responsibility of the party who "owns" the work to ensure that
the work will be protected as the party wishes.
For your example, the book, you still have the right to either stop,
share the profit (if there is a rpofit), or don't care (keep silence
and continue watching) if some parties used your book for their
personal investment if the "same" book is copied to protect your own rights.
Yes. It is different for IETF specifications as they are published
so that anyone out there can implement those specifications. It
would not be a good idea, in my opinion, to copy them without, for
example, the copyright notice. Commenting on whether I would be
silent if someone copies my book, I would say that it depends on the situation.
Any kind of contribution should be valued when the ID reaches the
best form and becomes a standard as long as all defects (if there
are) will be fixed, and if you will ask about it, no one can blame
you, it is your right.
Ok.
I cannot say I've better expertise than yours as long as I don't
know you or your experience, but regarding mistakes, it is our human
nature, we do mistakes and the best of us are those who learn from
mistakes and never do it again (it is on our beliefs, when you do a
sin, and for sure all of us do sins, then ask God for forgiveness,
and we don't do it again, this guarantees the removal of this sin as
it was never happened), regarding feeling it is difficult at first,
it depends on the person, for me, I appreciate it if the correction
is really right, or I will be stupid if I will have arrogance and
not to accept it and accept to be stupid :-)
Ok.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
