INTERNET-DRAFT Thomas Narten
IBM
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Clarification of the 3rd Party Disclosure procedure in RFC 3979
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Abstract
This document clarifies and updates a single sentence in RFC 3979.
Specifically, when 3rd party IPR disclosures are made, the intention
is that the IETF Executive Director notify the IPR holder that a 3rd
party disclosure has been filed, and to ask the IPR holder whether
they have any disclosure that needs to be made, per applicable
RFC3979 rules.
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Contents
Status of this Memo.......................................... 1
1. Introduction............................................. 2
2. The Fix.................................................. 2
3. Security Considerations.................................. 3
4. IANA Considerations...................................... 3
5. Acknowledgments.......................................... 3
6. Notes (To be removed upon RFC Publication)............... 3
7. Normative References..................................... 3
8. Author's Address......................................... 3
1. Introduction
This document clarifies and updates a single sentence in RFC 3979
[RFC3979]. Specifically, when 3rd party IPR disclosures are made, the
intention is that the IETF Executive Director notify the IPR holder
that a 3rd party disclosure has been filed, and to ask the IPR holder
whether they have any disclosure that needs to be made, per
applicable RFC3979 rules.
This document updates RFC 3979.
2. The Fix
RFC3979, Section 4 (C), states:
(C) Where Intellectual Property Rights have been disclosed for IETF
Documents as provided in Section 6 of this document, the IETF
Executive Director shall request from the discloser of such IPR,
a written assurance that upon approval by the IESG for
publication as RFCs of the relevant IETF specification(s), all
persons will be able to obtain the right to implement, use,
distribute and exercise other rights with respect to
Implementing Technology under one of the licensing options
specified in Section 6.5 below unless such a statement has
already been submitted.
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In the case of third party disclosures, it makes no sense to ask the
discloser about potential licensing terms, since they do not own the
IPR. Instead, it only makes sense to ask the IPR holder.
This document updates RFC3979 by changing the word "discloser" to
"IPR holder" in the above text.
3. Security Considerations
This document has no known security implications.
4. IANA Considerations
This document makes no requests to IANA.
5. Acknowledgments
6. Notes (To be removed upon RFC Publication)
This topic was discussed during the March, 2006 IPR WG meeting in
Dallas. See the minutes under the section "3rd Party Disclosure
Verification" at
http://www3.ietf.org/proceedings/06mar/minutes/ipr.txt.
The topic was also discussed on the mailing list after the Dallas
meeting.
7. Normative References
[RFC3979] "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology," S.
Bradner, Ed.,
RFC 3979, March 2005.
8. Author's Address
Thomas Narten
IBM Corporation
3039 Cornwallis Ave.
PO Box 12195 - BRQA/502
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2195
Phone: 919-254-7798
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EMail: narten@us.ibm.com
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