BCP 101 Update for IPR Trust
A short update to BCP 101 saying the new IETF Trust, not the Internet Society, owns and licenses IETF intellectual property.
Carpenter, B., Ed. and L. Lynch, Ed., "BCP 101 Update for IPR Trust", RFC 4371, DOI 10.17487/RFC4371, January 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4371>.
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Contents
Network Working Group B. Carpenter, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4371 IBM
BCP: 101 L. Lynch, Ed.
Updates: 4071 UO
Category: Best Current Practice January 2006
BCP 101 Update for IPR Trust
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
Abstract
This document updates BCP 101 to take account of the new IETF
Intellectual Property Trust.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Updates to RFC 4071 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1. Introduction
The first version of BCP 101, i.e., RFC 4071 [1], assumed that the
vehicle for certain IETF-related Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
would be the Internet Society (ISOC). Since that time, an IETF Trust
has been created to hold such IPR. This document appropriately
updates RFC 4071.
This update comes into force as soon as it has been approved by the
IESG and the IETF Trust Agreement [2] has been formally signed by its
Settlors and initial Trustees.
Terms and abbreviations used in this document are defined in RFC
4071.
2. Updates to RFC 4071
A Trust ("the IETF Trust") has been formed for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, maintaining, and licensing certain existing and
future intellectual property and other property used in connection
with the administration of the IETF. The Trust was formed by the
signatures of its Settlors and initial Trustees. The Settlors, who
contributed initial intellectual property to the Trust, were ISOC and
the Corporation for National Research Initiatives. The Trustees of
the IETF Trust are the members of the IAOC, and the Beneficiary of
the IETF Trust is the IETF as a whole.
In its administration of IPR under the terms of BCP 101, the IASA,
including the IAD and the IAOC, will treat the IETF Trust rather than
ISOC as the proper entity for ownership and licensing of IETF IPR.
Specifically, references to ISOC in sections 3.1, 5.3, and 7 of [1]
shall be interpreted as referring to the IETF Trust wherever IPR
issues are concerned. The duty to serve as Trustees is added to
section 3.2 of [1].
3. Security Considerations
This document has no security implications for the Internet.
4. Acknowledgements
The members of the IAOC when this document was written were:
Brian Carpenter
Steve Crocker
Leslie Daigle
Ed Juskevicius
Kurtis Lindqvist
Lucy Lynch
Ray Pelletier
Lynn St Amour
Jonne Soininen
Useful comments were received from Harald Alvestrand. Comments on
RFC 4071 by Patrice Lyons assisted in preparing this document.
This document was produced using the xml2rfc tool [3].
5. References
5.1. Normative References
[1] Austein, R. and B. Wijnen, "Structure of the IETF Administrative
Support Activity (IASA)", BCP 101, RFC 4071, April 2005.
[2] "IETF Trust Agreement",
http://www.ietf.org/trust/IETFtrustAgreement20051208.pdf,
December 2005.
5.2. Informative References
[3] Rose, M., "Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML", RFC 2629,
June 1999.
Authors' Addresses
Brian Carpenter (Ed.)
IBM
8 Chemin de Blandonnet
1214 Vernier
Switzerland
EMail: brc@zurich.ibm.com
Lucy Lynch (Ed.)
University of Oregon
1225 Kincaid St
Eugene, Oregon 97403
USA
Phone: +1 541 346 1774
EMail: llynch@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Full Copyright Statement
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
This document is subject to the rights, licenses and restrictions
contained in BCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the authors
retain all their rights.
This document and the information contained herein are provided on an
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INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE
INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Intellectual Property
The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
Intellectual Property Rights or other rights that might be claimed to
pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in
this document or the extent to which any license under such rights
might or might not be available; nor does it represent that it has
made any independent effort to identify any such rights. Information
on the procedures with respect to rights in RFC documents can be
found in BCP 78 and BCP 79.
Copies of IPR disclosures made to the IETF Secretariat and any
assurances of licenses to be made available, or the result of an
attempt made to obtain a general license or permission for the use of
such proprietary rights by implementers or users of this
specification can be obtained from the IETF on-line IPR repository at
http://www.ietf.org/ipr.
The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any
copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary
rights that may cover technology that may be required to implement
this standard. Please address the information to the IETF at
ietf-ipr@ietf.org.
Acknowledgement
Funding for the RFC Editor function is provided by the IETF
Administrative Support Activity (IASA).
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§1Why BCP 101 Needed an Update
The first version of BCP 101, RFC 4071, assumed that the vehicle for certain IETF-related intellectual property rights (IPR) would be the Internet Society (ISOC). Since then, an IETF Trust has been created to hold such IPR, and this document updates RFC 4071 to match.
The update comes into force as soon as the IESG approves it and the IETF Trust Agreement has been formally signed by its Settlors and initial Trustees. Terms and abbreviations are as defined in RFC 4071.
The rule book named one keeper for the club's treasure. A new keeper was chosen, so the rule book needs a correction.
§2What the Update Changes
The Trust was formed to acquire, hold, maintain and license certain existing and future intellectual property and other property used in the administration of the IETF. Its Settlors, who contributed initial intellectual property, were ISOC and the Corporation for National Research Initiatives. The Trustees are the members of the IAOC, and the Beneficiary is the IETF as a whole.
In administering IPR under BCP 101, the IASA, including the IAD and the IAOC, will treat the IETF Trust rather than ISOC as the proper entity for ownership and licensing of IETF IPR. References to ISOC in sections 3.1, 5.3 and 7 of RFC 4071 are interpreted as the IETF Trust wherever IPR issues are concerned, and the duty to serve as Trustees is added to section 3.2.
Wherever the old rule said the first keeper holds the treasure, read it as the new keeper. The people who run the club also become the new keeper's guardians.
§3Security Considerations
The document states that it has no security implications for the Internet. It changes which entity holds and licenses IETF intellectual property, not any protocol.
This is a paperwork change, so it does not make anything on the internet more or less safe.