At 4:52 AM -0700 9/19/08, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > >No, no, Lawrence was talking about the new rules that treat separately >code and text in a RFC. (Many RFC have code and, under the current >rule, you cannot, in theory, extract it and reuse it in free software.) I think I understand what you meant here, but since "under the current rule" is a fast moving target this week, I hope you won't mind my expanding it. Prior to the current update, it was theoretically not possible to extract, re-use, *and modify* the code; the current update fixes this. The current update still allows extraction, copying, translation, etc. of the text. It does not automatically grant the right to modify the text--but sufficient incoming rights have been solicited that the ability to grant that right is now within the IETF (where before it took individual grants from the authors). I'd also encourage the folks who are reading this conversation without the context of the IPR working group (you lucky, lucky dogs) to read the draft. It is notoriously difficult to get the facts from a clarion call. thanks, Ted _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf