On Tue, 6 Nov 2012, Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 11/6/2012 12:38 PM, Ted Hardie wrote:> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:25
> AM, Dave Crocker <dhc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > { the directive here is remarkably soft. much too soft, IMO. a
> > > sentence structure that's a bit too complicated. so...}
> > >
> > > A contribution by you consists of anything you write, say or
> > > discuss in any IETF context. If you are aware that any
> > > contribution you make is covered by
> > > a patent or a patent application, you are REQUIRED to disclose
> > > that fact IMMEDIATELY.
> > >
> >
> > I note that this is not the same language as is in BCP 79, which
> > says: " as soon as reasonably possible " instead of IMMEDIATELY. I
> > don't believe the NOTE WELL should disagree with the BCP on that
> > point.
>
> Thanks for checking the BCP language. Hadn't occurred to me that it had
> anything close to an 'urgency' tone. Yes, we should use exactly the same text
> here, IMO.
>
> My main concern is that the summary communicate both an imperative to report
> and a directive that it be done real soon.
I agree with real soon, but I think there may be times when the disclosure
needs to be approved by coporate legal folks, so I think something like:
as soon as legally permitted
implies immediacy but ackowledges real world constraints.