>>>>> "Brian" == Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Brian> If somebody wants to provide their hackathon code to the
Brian> IETF, they could submit an Internet Draft whose body consists
Brian> of their code, between <CODE BEGINS> and <CODE ENDS>. Then it
Brian> becomes an IETF contribution with a Simplified BSD licence,
Brian> as I understand the IETF Trust's legal provisions.
No, I think you're wrong.
I think marking something as code has nothing to do with the rights that
the IETF gets, it only affects whether the rest of the world can
actually use our contributions in open-source contexts.