Larry - thank you for your contribution! > I further want to comment that, as far as I can tell, it may > not even be > necessary to get *everyone* to sign. Here's the reason: Most > RFCs are joint > works. Quoting (FWIW) from my own book on the subject of licensing: > > "In the United States, unless they agree otherwise, each of the joint > authors may separately license a joint work--and all of its > parts--without > the consent of any of the other joint authors, and every > author must account > to the other authors for their share of the profits derived from the > license. Consult local law to determine whether one owner of > a joint work > may license without the consent of the others or must account > to the others > for his or her licensing revenue." The problem lies with collective works, rather than joint works. In some cases, the multiple authors of IETF documents have each made distinct contributions (i.e., sections or distinct text) rather than collaborating to produce joint text. Unfortunately it is not possible, in hindight, to determine whether works with multiple authors are joint works or collective works. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf