I made these changes, which now appear in charter-ietf-netvc-00-01.
Alissa

On Apr 21, 2015, at 8:09 AM, Adam Roach <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 4/21/15 09:47, Ben Campbell wrote:
>> On 20 Apr 2015, at 20:35, Alissa Cooper wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Barry, all,
>>> 
>>> I’ve had a conversation with Jorge and Scott Bradner and have come up with 
>>> the edits below as a result. Would these address your concerns?
>>> 
>>> OLD
>>> The WG will prefer algorithms or tools where there are verifiable
>>> reasons to believe they are available on an RF basis over algorithms or
>>> tools where there is RF uncertainty or known active IPR claims with
>>> royalty liability potential. The codec specification will document why
>>> it believes that each part is likely to be RF, which will help adoption
>>> of the codec. This can include references to old prior art and/or patent
>>> research information.
>>> 
>>> NEW
>>> In keeping with BCP 79, the WG will prefer algorithms or tools where there 
>>> are verifiable reasons to believe they are available on an RF basis. In 
>>> developing the codec specification, the WG may consider information 
>>> concerning old prior art or the results of research indicating royalty-free 
>>> availability of particular techniques.
>>> 
>>> Delete this sentence since WGs generally accept input from external parties 
>>> all the time:
>>> The WG will accept and consider in its decision process input received
>>> from external parties concerning IPR risk associated with proposed
>>> algorithms.
>>> 
>>> Everything else would remain the same. The above edits don’t change the 
>>> kinds of things WG may want to do to help produce a codec that many parties 
>>> can believe to be RF, but they stay closer to the existing BCP 79 language 
>>> that we usually rely on.
>>> 
>>> Alissa
>> 
>> I like Alissa's proposed change.
> 
> I do also.
> 
> /a

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