At 21:50 12/03/2014, Geoff Huston wrote:
But I don't think we need to cross every bridge here - we can at
best set forth our values and principles on the day and hope that
our successors at least consider what we were trying to achieve and
why we thought it to be important as they make their changes to suit
their world. These principles appear to be an earnest effort in that direction.
Geoff,
as such I am afraid they do not belong to the internet. RFC 1958
defines the principles of the Internet architecture. The first of
these principles is the principle of constant change: "The principle
of constant change is perhaps the only principle of the Internet that
should survive indefinitely".
It seems that this principle invalidates your entire claim as what
you want to protect (IETF protocols) is based on the idea that they
are published to be continously adapted. This puts them outside of
any copyright (as something being used, supported, parametered, etc.)
but fully subject to initial author rights?
jfc