My original response inadvertently gloss over that point. My understanding is the same as yours, Sam. Cheers, Charles On 9/9/15, 10:07 AM, "Sam Hartman" <hartmans-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Eckel (eckelcu) <eckelcu@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Charles> Good question, Miao. Hackathon registration and > Charles> participation is independent of the IETF meeting; however, > Charles> we do make it clear in the registration and at the event > Charles> that participation in the Hackathon is subject to the IETF > Charles> Note Well. In addition to this, open source projects have > Charles> their own governance and rules for contributing to > Charles> them. These must be adhered to as well when code developed > Charles> at the Hackathon is contributed into these projects. > >My understanding of copyright and the IETF note well is inconsistent >with Mr. Fuyou's description though. >In particular, typically ownership of the IETF contribution remains with >the contributor, although the IETF is granted a rather broad >non-exclusive license to >the contribution.