harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Harald Tveit Alvestrand) wrote on 07.10.04 in <362DF767F37204733E122BCF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > --On onsdag, oktober 06, 2004 23:52:15 +0200 Simon Josefsson > <jas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Even if that is true, it would not change that the current copying > > conditions are a problem for the free software community, and in my > > opinion, consequently the IETF. > > this was something I did not see clearly raised in the IPR WG, which is a > pity. > > Since changing to a more liberal license would require changing the grant > of rights that the authors give to the IETF (or to ISOC), we can't just > change it retroactively either (see debate on retaining I-Ds for more than > 6 months for what happens if we try). Actually, the recent such debate told me that there are no rasonable objections there (though several quite unreasonable ones). MfG Kai _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf