Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> hmmmm.....
>
> --On 7. oktober 2004 13:12 +0200 Simon Josefsson <jas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> As far as I can tell, those rights are only granted to the ISOC and
>> the IETF, not "third parties".
>
> Solely for the purpose of using the term in RFC 3667, the IETF is defined
> as:
>
> a. "IETF": In the context of this document, the IETF includes all
> individuals who participate in meetings, working groups, mailing
> lists, functions and other activities which are organized or
> initiated by ISOC, the IESG or the IAB under the general
> designation of the Internet Engineering Task Force or IETF, but
> solely to the extent of such participation.
>
> So this means that Simon Josefsson is allowed to exercise the rights Scott
> quoted and incorporate the executable pieces into running code, but the guy
> on the next desk, who isn't on any IETF mailing list, is not, even though
> they work on the same project, for the same employer, under the same laws.
> If he joins an IETF list (any IETF list), he's allowed to.
I don't believe I, nor "he", would be able to represent the IETF in a
court, as the legal owner for a work, merely because I ("he")
participate in some mailing list. As far as I can tell, that would
ultimately be required if you were to defend the rights to your work.
If, instead, "third parties" where granted rights to create a
derivative work from RFCs, both I and "he" could represent such a
"third party".
Btw, I don't believe I'm a member of any IETF mailing list, although I
do participate in them. Hint: gmane.org.
Thanks,
Simon
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