sob@xxxxxxxxxxx (scott bradner) writes:
>> If you extract, say, a C header file, or an ASN.1 schema, from an RFC
>> into an application, I believe that may be regard as a "derivative
>> work".
>
> see RFC 3667 Section 3.3 (a) (E)
a. To the extent that a Contribution or any portion thereof is
protected by copyright and other rights of authorship, the
Contributor, and each named co-Contributor, and the organization
he or she represents or is sponsored by (if any) grant a
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide
right and license to the ISOC and the IETF under all intellectual
property rights in the Contribution:
> (E) to extract, copy, publish, display, distribute, modify and
> incorporate into other works, for any purpose (and not
> limited to use within the IETF Standards Process) any
> executable code or code fragments that are included in any
> IETF Document (such as MIB and PIB modules), subject to the
> requirements of Section 5 (it also being understood that the
> licenses granted under this paragraph (E) shall not be deemed
> to grant any right under any patent, patent application or
> other similar intellectual property right disclosed by the
> Contributor under [IETF IPR]).
As far as I can tell, those rights are only granted to the ISOC and
the IETF, not "third parties".
Thanks.
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