Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-15 Thread William Herrin
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: This assumes that Copyright is the only IP protection out there. There are actually two distinct realms of IP protection afforded in the US. Actually, there are four: copyright, patent, trademark and trade secret. A network

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-15 Thread Jack Bates
On 2/15/2015 8:57 AM, William Herrin wrote: On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Owen DeLong o...@delong.com wrote: This assumes that Copyright is the only IP protection out there. There are actually two distinct realms of IP protection afforded in the US. Actually, there are four: copyright,

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-15 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 09:53:46 -0600, Jack Bates said: want IP; legal protection). One way around this, most likely, is to establish your art as public domain (allowing you continued use of the foundation work, while losing the more specific details associated with that one project). By doing

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-15 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 2/15/2015 09:53, Jack Bates wrote: Most engineers know when they've crossed the line from trivial/mundane into creative. It tends to be linked to our pride. I wish it did not so often be driven by the thought that this may be an opportunity to game the system for personal gain. -- The

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-14 Thread Skeeve Stevens
...@herrin.us; nanog@nanog.org Subject: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:43:14 +1100, Ahad Aboss a...@telcoinabox.com said: In a sense, you are an artist as network architecture is an art in itself. It involves interaction with time

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-14 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 22:21:00 +1100, Skeeve Stevens said: Personally, I don't think so. Sure some awesomely smart engineers designed this... but did they 'create' anything to do it? I already cited legislative history that indicates that even things like phone directories are suitable for

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-14 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:26 PM, Skeeve Stevens ske...@eintellegonetworks.com wrote: My views are that if artistic endeavour is involved, then it is IP. Architecture is certainly that... the look... but, the pipes, sewerage, electricity, door locks... are not. They are products, bought of

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-14 Thread Owen DeLong
Copyright law basically says that if there is any substantive creative input into a work's creation then the work is not only copyrightable, unless the author explicitly says different it's also copyrighted. Throw a paint filled balloon at a canvas and the resulting splatter is copyrighted.

[OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-13 Thread William Waites
On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:43:14 +1100, Ahad Aboss a...@telcoinabox.com said: In a sense, you are an artist as network architecture is an art in itself. It involves interaction with time, processes, people and things or an intersection between all. This Friday's off-topic post for

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-13 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Skeeve Stevens ske...@eintellegonetworks.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:55 PM, William Waites wwai...@tardis.ed.ac.uk wrote: An engineer or architect in the usual setting, no matter how skilled, is not doing art because the whole activity is

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-13 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:28:25 -0500, William Herrin said: I have to disagree with you there. This particular ship sailed four decades ago when CONTU found computer software to be copyrightable and the subsequent legislation and litigation agreed. The output of craft is copyrightable even if it

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-13 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:25 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: The issue with software wasn't if it was art, but if it was a literary work (they struggled for a while with the concept of machine-readable versus human readable). If catalogs and directories are covered, config files are...

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-13 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:36:43 -0500, William Herrin said: On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:25 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: If catalogs and directories are covered, config files are... :) Smells like a Friday challenge for who can produce the most artistic yet functionally correct Cisco

Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-13 Thread Rafael Possamai
Thank you for looking up facts, laws, etc... The rest is merely opinion, and wouldn't necessarily help someone trying to protect their network designs. On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:25 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:28:25 -0500, William Herrin said: I have to disagree

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-13 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
On 12 Feb 2015, at 3:12, Skeeve Stevens wrote: Hi all, I have two perspectives I am trying to address with regard to network design and intellectual property. 1) The business who does the design - what are their rights? 2) The customer who asked for the rights from a consultant My personal

RE: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-13 Thread Ahad Aboss
To: a...@telcoinabox.com Cc: ske...@eintellegonetworks.com; o...@delong.com; b...@herrin.us; nanog@nanog.org Subject: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:43:14 +1100, Ahad Aboss a...@telcoinabox.com said: In a sense, you are an artist as network architecture

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Owen DeLong
The extent to which this is technically feasible and how one must go about it actually varies greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Something well worth considering given the number of jurisdictions already mentioned in the current discussion. There are a number of possible concerns that

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Randy Bush
creative commons

RE: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Ahad Aboss
@nanog.org Subject: Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design The extent to which this is technically feasible and how one must go about it actually varies greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Something well worth considering given the number of jurisdictions already mentioned in the current

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Richard Porter
...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Owen DeLong Sent: Friday, 13 February 2015 6:46 AM To: William Herrin Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design The extent to which this is technically feasible and how one must go about it actually varies greatly from jurisdiction

Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Skeeve Stevens
Hi all, I have two perspectives I am trying to address with regard to network design and intellectual property. 1) The business who does the design - what are their rights? 2) The customer who asked for the rights from a consultant My personal thoughts are conflicting: - You create networks

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Mark Tinka
On 12/Feb/15 14:58, Michael Butler wrote: And to compound the (perceived) problem, any IP embedded in a network design is almost always prior art. It's not a rabbit-hole worth going down - I agree with Randy, Agree. Mark.

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Randy Bush
And to compound the (perceived) problem, any IP embedded in a network design is almost always prior art. It's not a rabbit-hole worth going down - I agree with Randy, i have four lives. iij research, dev, ... our goal is to publish our ideas there are coworkers doing very innovative design

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Skeeve Stevens
to problems pretty firmly. -Bill On Feb 12, 2015, at 17:20, Skeeve Stevens skeeve+na...@eintellegonetworks.com wrote: Hi all, I have two perspectives I am trying to address with regard to network design and intellectual property. 1) The business who does

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Brandon Butterworth
Actually Bill... I have two (conflicting) perspectives as I said but to clarify: 1) A customer asked 'Can you make sure we have the IP for the network design' which I was wondering if it is even technically possible I think they mean we don't want you coming back and trying to make

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Randy Bush
I'm keen to see how you might think that fits in to the context? creative commons i prefer to be paid for being able to think, not for what i once thought. creative commons suits my needs for network designs. randy --- Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Michael Butler
On 02/12/15 07:42, Randy Bush wrote: I'm keen to see how you might think that fits in to the context? creative commons i prefer to be paid for being able to think, not for what i once thought. creative commons suits my needs for network designs. And to compound the (perceived) problem, any

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Skeeve Stevens
Hey Randy, I'm keen to see how you might think that fits in to the context? ...Skeeve *Skeeve Stevens - Founder Chief Network Architect* eintellego Networks Pty Ltd Email: ske...@eintellegonetworks.com ; Web: eintellegonetworks.com Phone: 1300 239 038 ; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; Skype:

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Mark Tinka
On 12/Feb/15 14:36, Skeeve Stevens wrote: What I am really looking for is some working, experience, precedence that backs up the view that IP on network design is actually not possible... which is my gut feeling. I've designed some pretty unique and profitable features using tech. (not

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Skeeve Stevens
I like this take on it... thanks David. ...Skeeve *Skeeve Stevens - Founder Chief Network Architect* eintellego Networks Pty Ltd Email: ske...@eintellegonetworks.com ; Web: eintellegonetworks.com Phone: 1300 239 038 ; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; Skype: skeeve Facebook: eintellegonetworks

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Skeeve Stevens skeeve+na...@eintellegonetworks.com wrote: Actually Bill... I have two (conflicting) perspectives as I said but to clarify: 1) A customer asked 'Can you make sure we have the IP for the network design' which I was wondering if it is even

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Skeeve Stevens
Exactly my thoughts Mark ...Skeeve *Skeeve Stevens - Founder Chief Network Architect* eintellego Networks Pty Ltd Email: ske...@eintellegonetworks.com ; Web: eintellegonetworks.com Phone: 1300 239 038 ; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; Skype: skeeve Facebook: eintellegonetworks

Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

2015-02-12 Thread Bill Woodcock
, Skeeve Stevens skeeve+na...@eintellegonetworks.com wrote: Hi all, I have two perspectives I am trying to address with regard to network design and intellectual property. 1) The business who does the design - what are their rights? 2) The customer who asked for the rights from a consultant