On 5/25/2010 11:46 AM, Donald Eastlake wrote: > It's all bit complicated but, yes, anyone can publish copies of RFCs, > including translations into other languages. (See > http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info/archive/IETF-Trust-License-Policy-20091228.pdffor > latest provisions.) > > Patent questions can be even more complex but, generally speaking, anyone > involved in the IETF process should make their claims known. See > http://www.ietf.org/ipr/. (It is always possible that there are those not > involved with the IETF process who have patent claims.) Depending on your > definition of "open", no, not all protocols approved by the IETF or > documented in RFCs are unencumbered.
Which is the point - copying IETF protocol specifications does NOT provide a legally provable license to implement that protocol for any purposes other than the reproduction of the image of the RFC itself. Todd > > Thanks, > Donald > ============================= > Donald E. Eastlake 3rd > 155 Beaver Street > Milford, MA 01757 USA > d3e...@gmail.com > > > 2010/5/21 victor nunes <victor.re...@gmail.com> > >> Hello, I would like to clarify a doubt about the RFCs >> >> Copyright The IETF allows you to copy, publish RFCs? >> >> All protocols that are part of the architecture of TCP / IP are open? >> >> Thanks, Victor >> >> -- >> “Encarada do ponto de vista da juventude, a vida parece um futuro >> indefinidamente longo, ao passo que, na velhice, ela parece um passado >> deveras curto. Assim, a vida no seu início se apresenta do mesmo modo >> que as coisas quando as olhamos através de um binóculo usado ao contrário; >> mas, ao >> seu final, ela se parece com as coisas tal qual são vistas quando o >> binóculo >> é usado de modo normal. Um homem precisa ter envelhecido e vivido >> bastante para perceber como a vida é curta”. >> >> (Poema de Arthur Schopenhauer) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
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