Re: IETF and open source license compatibility

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Wes Hardaker <wjhns1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> So, I couldn't find a statement that says automatic sublicenses will be
> given out for code related items.  It only says that the policies for
> creating those sublicenses ***will*** be guided by 5377 (which says
> about the right thing: you can modify code extracts).  IE, is it
> actually possible to use code from RFCs beyond 5378?  I think each
> company/organization/author would need to personally ask the IETF trust
> for a sublicense?

The IETF Trust sub-license third parties rights to code components in
(new) IETF documents under the BSD license, see section 4 of:

http://trustee.ietf.org/docs/IETF-Trust-License-Policy.pdf

/Simon
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