Re: The "Clerk" function and Standards throughput and quality

2004-10-06 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On onsdag, oktober 06, 2004 17:50:04 -0400 John C Klensin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --On Wednesday, October 06, 2004 1:07 PM +0200 Harald Tveit Alvestrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I do think our thoughts run very much in parallel - I'll be interested to hear more of why you think the "scen

Re: Copying conditions

2004-10-06 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On onsdag, oktober 06, 2004 23:52:15 +0200 Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Even if that is true, it would not change that the current copying conditions are a problem for the free software community, and in my opinion, consequently the IETF. this was something I did not see clearly

Alternative hotels in DC

2004-10-06 Thread Saravanan Govindan
Dear All, Can anyone suggest another hotel for IETF 61? Hilton Washington is booked full. Thank you Saravanan Govindan ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Copying conditions

2004-10-06 Thread Simon Josefsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (scott bradner) writes: > the text you quoted says >> derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain >> it or assist in its implmentation may be prepared, copied, > > note that it is restricted to "derivative works that comment on or > otherwise explain it or assist in its

Re: The "Clerk" function and Standards throughput and quality

2004-10-06 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, October 06, 2004 1:07 PM +0200 Harald Tveit Alvestrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I do think our thoughts run very much in parallel - I'll be interested to hear more of why you think the "scenario O" organizational format will make it hard to make those support functions work. Ag

Re: Copying conditions (was: Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!)

2004-10-06 Thread scott bradner
the text you quoted says > derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain > it or assist in its implmentation may be prepared, copied, note that it is restricted to "derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implmentation" it is not open ended permission t

Copying conditions (was: Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!)

2004-10-06 Thread Simon Josefsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (scott bradner) writes: >> but according to RFC 3667, the only >> organization permitted to produce such derivative works would be >> ISOC/IETF. > > this is the way that its been since rfc 2026 The 2026 copyright notice include: This document and translations of it may be co

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-06 Thread scott bradner
> but according to RFC 3667, the only > organization permitted to produce such derivative works would be > ISOC/IETF. this is the way that its been since rfc 2026 note that an rfc can be copied in full with no problems and that an author can give permission to produce derivative works its just t

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-06 Thread Simon Josefsson
First, thanks for your two well written posts. They were the first in this thread that reflect views that I share. Over the past week, I've read both the "O" and "C" proposals, and it seems to me they both fail to properly address the problems you bring up. Consequently, in the straw poll, I did

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-06 Thread Dave Crocker
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:12:13 -0700, Ted Hardie wrote: > Fundamentally, the working group chairs and I believed that > the group was very unlikely to reach consensus, as it kept re- > spinning old arguments. Since Ted (perhaps unwittingly) explicitly copied me, I thought it worth registering my

IETF 2004/05 NomCom Volunteers

2004-10-06 Thread Danny McPherson
The final list of 2004/05 NomCom volunteers is available here: http://www.ietf.org/nomcom/msg10.06.04.txt If you've volunteered and don't see your name on the list please contact me ASAP. If your name is flagged on the list you still need to be confirmed as eligible (I'm in the process of doing th

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-06 Thread Randy Presuhn
Hi - > From: "Scott W Brim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:54 AM > Subject: Re: Shuffle those deck chairs! ... > The US patent office is overwhelmed, and acting like it's under a DoS > attack. I agree it would be great if we all offered technic

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-06 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I wouldn't go as far as saying IETF is part of the open-source > community. Well, it is in at least the historical sense -- that is, of having provided an important model for decentralized cooperation that shaped the open-source tradition. Fred Baker, repres

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-06 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 6-okt-04, at 13:54, Scott W Brim wrote: Maybe I'm being naive here, but it seems to me that some kind of clue transfer from the IETF to the US patent office would be beneficial to all except the patent lawyers who would then have to start to do actual work to make a living. The US patent office

Re: Reminder: Poll about restructuring options

2004-10-06 Thread John C Klensin
Dave, We have a long history of looking at the same data and analysis and reaching different conclusions and of looking at different data and analysis and reaching similar conclusions. Since we have both been critical of aspects of this process, let me agree with you about part of it but suppl

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-06 Thread Scott W Brim
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 09:59:53AM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum allegedly wrote: > On 6-okt-04, at 6:12, Scott W Brim wrote: > > >However, there appears to be rough consensus emerging that an IPR > >assertion is acceptable if any of the following are true: > > > - a license is explicitly not require

Re: The "Clerk" function and Standards throughput and quality

2004-10-06 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On tirsdag, oktober 05, 2004 12:04:26 -0400 John C Klensin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We have considered such a model; in fact the General Area Review Team (gen-ART) has proved to me that it is possible to get a great deal done on a volunteer basis - and even more if you get someone to act as

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-06 Thread JFC (Jefsey) Morfin
At 09:59 06/10/2004, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: As Ted says, the IETF should stay out of passing judgment on the validity of claims and/or fighting patents. It's really way outside of our charter. I gather that the US patent office pretty much rubber stamps patent applications in the IETF's area

Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

2004-10-06 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 6-okt-04, at 6:12, Scott W Brim wrote: However, there appears to be rough consensus emerging that an IPR assertion is acceptable if any of the following are true: - a license is explicitly not required. - a license is explicitly free with no restrictions. - a license is explicitly free