At 03:01 28-03-2008, Simon Josefsson wrote: >Regarding -outbound section 4.3: > > > As such, the rough consensus is that the IETF Trust is to grant > rights such that code components of IETF contributions can be > extracted, modified, and used by anyone in any way desired. To > enable the broadest possible extraction, modification and usage, the > IETF Trust should avoid adding software license obligations beyond > those already present in a contribution. The granted rights to > extract, modify and use code should allow creation of derived works > outside the IETF that may carry additional license obligations. >... > >I believe the intention here is good, but it leaves the IETF Trust with >no guidelines on how to write the license declaration that is likely to >work well in practice with actual products. There are no reference to >what "open source" means in this context, and references to "free >software" is missing.
The above are guidelines. You'll get a different definition of what "open source" or "free software" is depending on whom you ask. The words "enable the broadest possible extraction, modification and usage" provides more scope. >To give the Trust something concrete to work with I propose to add the >following: > > To make sure the granted rights are usable in practice, they need to > at least meet the requirements of the Open Source Definition [OSD], > the Free Software Definition [FSD], and the Debian Free Software > Guidelines [DFSG]. These are not guidelines; they are requirements. Regards, -sm _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
