Christian, Thanks for your comments.
> I would like to add another point to Brian's review. I am concerned that the > "General Policy," as stated in section 3.1, does not really present the IETF > consensus. The current text says: > > In all matters relating to Intellectual Property Rights, the intent > is to benefit the Internet community and the public at large, while > respecting the legitimate rights of others. > > This is a bit misleading. The actual IETF approach is delineated in section > 7, where it is explained that working group members are carefully weighting > tradeoffs between the potential benefits of using a patented technology, and > the potential impediments caused by licensing terms, or the uncertainty about > licensing conditions. The purpose of early disclosure is to help working > groups make informed decisions as early as possible, by opposition to > investing a lot of effort on a particular design before learning about the > IPR existence. > > Pretty much the entire policy derives from that. So maybe it should be stated > upfront! I think you are right. Jari
signature.asc
Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
_______________________________________________ Gen-art mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/gen-art
