--On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 17:22 -0400 Alan Clark <alan.d.clark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > John, Brian > > Most standards organizations require that participants who > have, or whose company has, IPR relevant to a potential > standard, disclose this at an early stage and at least prior > to publication. > > The participants in the IETF are individuals however RFC3979 > addresses this by stating that any individual participating in > an IETF discussion "must" make a disclosure if they are aware > of IPR from themselves, their employer or sponsor, that could > be asserted against an implementation of a contribution. The > question this raises is - what does participation in a >... Alan, Variations on these themes and options have been discussed multiple times. Of course, circumstances change and it might be worth reviewing them again, especially if you have new information. However, may I strongly suggest that you take the question to the ipg-wg mailing list. Most or all of the people who are significantly interested in this topic, including those who are most responsible for the current rules and conventions, are on that list. Your raising it there would permit a more focused and educated discussion than you are likely to find on the main IETF list. Subscription and other information is at https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipr-wg best, john