Network Working Group S. Bradner, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4748 Harvard University
BCP: 78 October 2006
Updates: 3978
Category: Best Current Practice
RFC 3978 Update to Recognize the IETF 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 IETF Trust (2006).
Abstract
This document updates RFC 3978 "IETF Rights in Contributions" to
recognize that the IETF Trust is now the proper custodian of all
IETF-related intellectual property rights.
This document does not constrain how the IETF Trust exercises those
rights.
1. Introduction
1.1. IETF Trust
Currently the IETF requires that authors of Contributions to the IETF
grant to the IETF (meaning the full set of participants in the IETF
Standards Process) a limited set of non-exclusive rights and
permissions as part of the process of submitting such Contribution.
These rights and permissions are detailed in "IETF Rights in
Contributions" (RFC 3978 - BCP 78) [RFC3978].
The IETF Trust was recently formed to act as the administrative
custodian of all copyrights and other intellectual property rights
relating to the IETF Standards Process that had previously been held
by ISOC and the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
(see [IETF_Trust_Agmt]).
The IETF is supported by an IETF Administrative Support Activity
(IASA) defined in BCP 101 [BCP101]. BCP 101 was updated by [RFC4371]
to recognize the creation of the IETF Trust.
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This document updates RFC 3978 in order to recognize the IETF Trust
and to implement the structure needed to support it. Most
importantly, it alters the license-grant path as follows: whereas
previously, authors of Contributions to the IETF would grant a
license to ISOC, such authors will grant a license to the IETF Trust
(in Section 3.3). This document concerns itself only with changes to
RFC 3978 needed to recognize the creation of the IETF Trust.
This introductory section is to provide context for the reader.
Section 2 of this document is intended to be normative.
2. Updates to RFC 3978
The text of RFC 3978 is hereby updated as set forth below to reflect
the creation of the IETF Trust.
2.1. Update Introduction
In the third paragraph of Section 2, replace "IETF and Internet
Society (ISOC)" with "IETF Trust and the IETF" and replace "IETF and
ISOC" with "IETF Trust and the IETF".
2.2. Update Section 3.3
In Section 3.3, replace two instances of "ISOC and the IETF" and one
instance of "IETF and ISOC" with "IETF Trust and the IETF".
2.3. Update Section 3.4
In Section 3.4(b), add "IETF Trust, " after "IETF,".
2.4. Update Section 4.2
In Section 4.2, replace two instances of "ISOC and the IETF" and one
instance of "IETF and ISOC" with "IETF Trust and the IETF".
2.5. Update Section 5
In Section 5 change two instances of "ISOC" to "IETF Trust".
2.6. Update Copyright Statement
Replace "Internet Society" with "IETF Trust" in the copyright
statement in Section 5.4.
2.7. Update Section 5.5
In Section 5.5 insert ", THE IETF TRUST" after "INTERNET SOCIETY".
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2.8. Update Section 5.6
In Section 5.6, replace all occurrences of "Internet Society" or
"ISOC" with "IETF Trust".
2.9. Update Section 7.1
In Section 7.1, replace two instances of "IETF/ISOC" with "IETF Trust
and IETF".
2.10. Update Section 8
In Section 8, insert ", the IETF Trust" after "ISOC".
3. Security Considerations
This type of process document does not have a direct impact on the
security of the Internet or Internet protocols.
4. References
4.1. Normative References
[RFC3978] Bradner, S., Ed., "IETF Rights in Contributions",
BCP 78, RFC 3978, March 2005.
[BCP101] Austein, R. and B. Wijnen, "Structure of the IETF
Administrative Support Activity (IASA)," BCP 101,
RFC 4071, April 2005.
[RFC4371] Carpenter, B. and L. Lynch, Ed., "BCP 101 Update
for IPR Trust," RFC 4371, January 2006.
[IETF_Trust_Agmt] www.ietf.org/trust/IETFtrustAgreement20051208.pdf
Editor's Address
Scott Bradner
Harvard University
29 Oxford St.
Cambridge MA, 02138
Phone: +1 617 495 3864
EMail: sob@harvard.edu
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Full Copyright Statement
Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (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
"AS IS" basis and THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS
OR IS SPONSORED BY (IF ANY), THE INTERNET SOCIETY, THE IETF TRUST,
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Acknowledgement
Funding for the RFC Editor function is provided by the IETF
Administrative Support Activity (IASA).
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