Hi, On Nov 6, 2012, at 10:34, Fred Baker (fred) <f...@cisco.com> wrote: > There is a point of disagreement between IRTF and IETF IPR Policy, or at > least there appeared to be yesterday in ICCRG. > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3979#section-6.1.3 states that a person who > knows that someone else has IPR on something is not required, but is > encouraged, to make it known. The "note well" used in ICCRG yesterday said > that someone that knew of IPR belonging to someone else was required to > disclose it. I'm not sure what should be done about that, but the difference > seems unhelpful.
the IRTF statement is at https://www.irtf.org/ipr. For the case you mention, it says: "Finally, the IRTF requests that you file an IPR disclosure with the IETF if you recognize IPR owned by others in any IRTF contribution." "Requests" does not mean "required." Lars
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