Couldn't sleep last night as often happens because of the medication I'm
on. So how about this medication-inspired effort, starting with Scott's
summation:
"BCP79 provides authoritative rules regarding your obligations to
disclose IPR when participating in the activities of the IETF, and
should be referred to when the issue arises. The following summary is
not totally accurate but provides a brief reminder.
General rule: if you make a contribution to IETF discussion, and you
know or have reason to believe (without making a search) that you or
your employer or sponsor owns IPR that has a high probability of being
infringed by implementations based on that contribution, you or your
employer must disclose that IPR in timely fashion.
Secondly, if you know or have reason to believe (without making a
search) that implementations of the content of an IETF discussion in
which you have not yet participated have a high probability of
infringing on IPR owned by you or your employer then you must either
-- not participate in the discussion, or
-- participate and disclose in accordance with the general rule.
Finally, if you are aware of third party IPR in a contribution to the
IETF, you are encouraged to send an email message to ietf-ipr@xxxxxxxx
as soon as reasonable disclosing that information."
On 23/01/2014 12:58 PM, Bradner, Scott wrote:
the actual rules are
1/ if you know of any of your IPR in a contribution you make, you must disclose
2/ if you know of any of your IPR in any contribution from someone else and you are participating in discussions
that involve that contribution, then you must disclose
3/ if you know of any of your IPR in any contribution from someone else and you are not participating in discussions
that involve that contribution, then you are requested to disclose
see - its not that hard to say this briefly
Scott
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