"open source != BSD". There are better licenses out there - notably apache 2.0 is pretty clear, legally, in places where BSD is not. I am also under the impression that GPLv2 has an implicit patent grant (which would be a real boon in clearing some matters up long before it would ever become an issue). But IANAL. Have you taken this proposed policy up with OSI? https://opensource.org/ On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 7:36 AM, IESG Secretary <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > The IESG has observed that many working groups work with open source > repositories even for their work on specifications. That's great, and > we're happy to see this development, as it fits well the working style > of at least some of our working groups. This style is also likely to be > more popular in the future. > > As always, we'd like to understand areas where we can either be helpful > in bringing in some new things such as tooling, or where we need to > integrate better between the repository world and the IETF process. As > an example of the latter, we're wondering whether it would be helpful to > have a standard boilerplate for these repositories with respect to the > usual copyright and other matters. The intent is for such text to be > placed in a suitable file (e.g., "CONTRIBUTING"), probably along with > some additional information that is already present in these files in > many repositories. The idea is that people should treat, e.g., text > contributions to a draft-foo.xml in a repository much in the same way as > they treat text contributions on the list, at least when it comes to > copyright, IPR, and other similar issues. > > We have worked together with the IETF legal team and few key experts > from the IETF who are actively using these repositories, and suggest the > following text. > > We're looking to make a decision on this matter on our January 19th, > 2017 IESG Telechat, and would appreciate feedback before then. This > message will be resent after the holiday period is over to make sure it > is noticed. Please send comments to the IESG (iesg@xxxxxxxx) by 2017-01-17. > > The IESG > > —— > > This repository relates to activities in the Internet Engineering Task > Force(IETF). All material in this repository is considered Contributions > to the IETF Standards Process, as defined in the intellectual property > policies of IETF currently designated as BCP 78 > (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp78), BCP 79 > (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp79) and the IETF Trust Legal > Provisions (TLP) Relating to IETF Documents > (http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-legal-provisions.html). > > Any edit, commit, pull-request, comment or other change made to this > repository constitutes Contributions to the IETF Standards Process. You > agree to comply with all applicable IETF policies and procedures, > including, BCP 78, 79, the TLP, and the TLP rules regarding code > components (e.g. being subject to a Simplified BSD License) in > Contributions. > -- Dave Täht Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software! http://blog.cerowrt.org