On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 08:24:08AM -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > > The reason why I do not agree with this reasoning is that these > rights are claimed through authorship. That claim is precisely what I think is false, because RFC 5378 has defined "Contributor" in a particular way, and then asserted that there are certain terms to which Contributors are deemed to have agreed by virtue of making a Contribution. That a Contributor fails to assert some claim under those conditions seems irrelevant to me. That said, I completely agree that geeks playing at law is a nasty sight (I am tempted to think that it's how we got into this mess). I don't personally feel comfortable taking the say-so of the IETF Trust counsel, though, since the IETF Trust is an interested party in this discussion. A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxx Shinkuro, Inc. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf