Alex, I think you are worrying about nothing. Somehow, I doubt whether the IETF Trust will sue you over copyright infringement for "::". Can we keep this discussion over on the appropriate lists where you have started it?
Regards Brian Carpenter On 2010-02-18 03:44, Alexandru Petrescu wrote: > HEllo, and thank you for this draft. > > I have been following it and I mostly agree with the technical content. > No restrain there. > > However, I have a strong doubt with respect to the licensing scheme of > this draft: its preamble requires "Code Components" within to be > "Simplified BSD License". > > I would suggest to rather have no such licensing scheme for this draft, > mostly because other licenses may be more appropriate for this > particular draft (for example, if it gets implemented in GNU Libc then > it would want to be GPL, not BSD, not a combination). > > I understand it may be that there may be no Code Components in this > draft. However, when I read it I feel precisely how to code it. When > coding it, the "::" string is part of the code. > > I also understand the preamble (boilerplate) is an IETF Trust rule > applied throughout. TO which I am bound to agree. > > Respectfully, > > Alex > > Le 17/02/2010 03:50, Seiichi Kawamura a écrit : >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi >> >> I have uploaded the new version of the draft. I hope this addresses >> the issues that were raised. >> >> I have removed the Conclusion part since Section 4 is now clear and >> concise. Thank you Ron, for providing good text in IESG COMMENT. >> >> Regards, Seiichi >> >> >> internet-dra...@ietf.org wrote: >>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts >>> directories. This draft is a work item of the IPv6 Maintenance >>> Working Group of the IETF. >>> >>> >>> Title : A Recommendation for IPv6 Address Text >>> Representation Author(s) : S. Kawamura, M. Kawashima Filename >>> : draft-ietf-6man-text-addr-representation-05.txt Pages : >>> 14 Date : 2010-02-16 >>> >>> As IPv6 network grows, there will be more engineers and also non- >>> engineers who will have the need to use an IPv6 address in text. >>> While the IPv6 address architecture RFC 4291 section 2.2 depicts a >>> flexible model for text representation of an IPv6 address, this >>> flexibility has been causing problems for operators, system >>> engineers, and users. This document will describe the problems >>> that a flexible text representation has been causing. This >>> document also recommends a canonical representation format that >>> best avoids confusion. It is expected that the canonical format is >>> followed by humans and systems when representing IPv6 addresses as >>> text, but all implementations must accept and be able to handle any >>> legitimate RFC4291 format. >>> >>> A URL for this Internet-Draft is: >>> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-6man-text-addr-representation-05.txt >>> >>> >>> >>> > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: >>> ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ >>> >>> Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader >>> implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the >>> Internet-Draft. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> > -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative >>> Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkt7WZEACgkQcrhTYfxyMkKWVQCfd7Lda1L7plEKiaWSRD48V+kt >> 9qIAn3BQ5BjrcOit0U7vPaXnVgkmC/yg =Sifs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative >> Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
