Scott - I did postfix "whenever possible" and prefix "as a matter of principle" ... this simply says if you're not going to do it that way, please have a reason. Regards, Carl > > Carl suggests: > > 2.2.6 currently reads: > > > The right to use any intellectual property rights created by any > > IASA-related or IETF activity may not be withheld or limited in > > any way by ISOC from the IETF. > > > > You could simply append: > > > > As a matter of principle the IAOC and IAD should ensure that any contracts > > for IASA clearly designate that any software, databases, and websites should > > be openly available, including open source for software and a > > machine-readable format for databases, whenever possible. > > "openly available" is different than making sure that the source > is available to the IETF during or after the contract > > I'm not sure the IETF should insist that all software is open source > > (I am sure that any software written by someone being paid to > write the software by the IETF must be available for the IETF to > move to another contractor) > > I do not have a real strong feeling here but it seems that this > text would limit the flexaility of the IAD to get the best value for > its $ > > Scott > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf