>>>>> "Harald" == Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Harald> --On tirsdag, desember 07, 2004 04:49:36 -0500 Sam Hartman
Harald> <hartmans-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> "Harald" == Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> writes:
>>
Harald> 6. The IETF, through the IASA, shall have a perpetual
Harald> right to use, display, distribute, reproduce, modify and
Harald> create derivatives of all data created in support of IETF
Harald> activities.
>>
Harald> (Jorge liked "perpetual" better than "irrevocable
Harald> permanent" - the stuff after "to" is a well known legal
Harald> incantation).
>> This works for me provided that the legalese gives us the
>> right to sublicense these rights to others.
Harald> That's more than we currently ask people to assign to the
Harald> IETF when making submissions to the IETF (RFC 3667) -
Harald> there, we ask only for permission to use it within the
Harald> IETF process (which may mean some sublicensing, and may
Harald> not). Not sure what we should write here - I wouldn't want
Harald> to write something here that would require reopening RFC
Harald> 3667 for consistency.
well, I do happen to think 3667 is broken, but agree with you that we
do not want to open that can of worms at this time.
However if we change contractors, we need to have the necessary rights
to give the new contractor the rights to use our data. I believe that
is an absolute requirement.
--Sam
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