Pieter Hintjens wrote: > On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Martin Sustrik <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The latter is exactly what IETF patent policy tries to achieve. > > The patent policy requirements are not complex. And the IETF policy > is for specifications, not code. And the IETF will not arbitrate in > any dispute, especially not over patents, but not over copyright or > trademark either. I can guarantee that. So there is no value in > using IETF policies except as templates. > > We actually have legal text already, see the IP policy for the > rfc.zeromq.org site.
Ah, we've been speaking of different things here. Surely, process to accept code contributions to 0MQ is entirely up to iMatix, so it's to you. What I meant was research not specific to 0MQ, rather generic research in networking/messaging area. There's no way to force people to release their IP to the public domain, so encouraging publishing of the results as IETF I-Ds makes sense IMO. Martin _______________________________________________ zeromq-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev
