Re: #1198 Proposed resolution - Implementation and derivative work

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> SUGGESTED RESOLUTION:

[...]

> Implementations of IETF standards that do not incorporate such
> pieces do not need the right to produce such derivative works.

This appears to be a tautology. That is, works that do not incorporate
pieces are not derivative works, and therefore don't need any
permision.

Alternatively, the resolution is attempting to limit the extractable
part of IETF standards to specific portions of the standard to be
determined later, and forestall any further discussion on allowing the
larger portions of the work to be used as a derivative work.

If the latter is the case, I suggest removing it from the resolution,
as it's not clear that we've come to a consensus on that point;[1] if
the former is the case, I suggest removing it from the resolution, as
it is essentially a no-op.

Don Armstrong

1: I don't mean to reraise this point either, until we've dealt with
derived works of extracts of IETF standards, as this point is clearly
more contentious.
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