Network Working Group S. Bradner
Internet-Draft Harvard University
Editor
July 2005
Extracting RFCs
<draft-bradner-rfc-extracts-01.txt>
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Abstract
Many people have expressed a desire to extract material from IETF
RFCs for use in documentation, textbooks, on-line help systems, and
for similar uses. In addition, some IETF RFCs contain MIBs and other
types of program code that could be compiled. This document proposes
an update to RFC RFC3978 to explicitly permit extracting material for
a wide range of uses.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society. (2005)
1. Introduction
This Internet Draft proposes an addition to "IETF Rights in
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Contributions" [RFC3978] to permit the extraction of material from
IETF RFCs for a wide range of uses. This proposal assumes that the
language proposed in draft-bradner-author-contributors-00.txt is also
adopted.
2. Extractions from RFCs
This memo proposes that the following paragraph be added to RFC
RFC3978 as Section 3.3(c):
c. To the extent that a Contribution or any portion thereof is
protected by copyright and other rights of authorship, the
Contributor, and each named co-Contributor, and the organization
he or she represents or is sponsored by (if any) grant a
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide
right and license to extract, copy, publish, display, distribute,
and incorporate into other works, for any purpose (and not limited
to use within the IETF Standards Process) any portion of the
Contribution as long as the extract is not modified (other than
translated into languages other than English), proper
acknowledgement is given and as long as the ISOC copyright notice
is included. It also being understood that the licenses granted
under this paragraph (c) shall not be deemed to grant any right
under any patent, patent application or other similar intellectual
property right.
3. References
5.1. Normative References
[RFC 3978] Bradner, S., Ed., "IETF Rights in Contributions", BCP 78,
RFC 3978, March 2005.
4. Editor's Address
Scott Bradner
Harvard University
29 Oxford St.
Cambridge MA, 02138
Phone: +1 617 495 3864
EMail: sob@harvard.edu
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