On Wed, 24 May 2006, Bob Braden wrote:
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*> Bob -
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*> Following Jari's link to the document (ID) with 20 authors I found:
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*> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pwe3-dynamic-ms-pw-00.txt
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*> which lists 3 editors on the front page and includes a section (17)
*> titled "Author Information" which includes 20 addresses.
Lucy,
You are suggesting that the definition of "author" is determined by some
tool that produces the pretty graph. I don't think so. In all
documentation related to the RFC Editor, an author is a person listed
on the first page. I cannot explain what was in the mind of the
person writing the tool.
Bob -
This is exactly the question I'm trying to get clarity on. Russ's
initial email implied that there may be a submerged IPR issue if
we limit the number of authors listed on the front page AND hold that
document "authors" continue to hold IP rights. I don't know enough
about the history of IP ownership vs acknowledged authorship to be
able to tell how serious an issue this may be.
Let me try re-stating my question. Is there a one-to-one relationship
between the listed authors on an IETF document and ownership of the
given document's Intellectual Property?
- lel
Bob Braden
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