Calling all SIP authors and editors:
If you are revising an existing internet draft or using significant text from
an existing RFC (e.g. to provide a bis version) the the rights the original
author granted to IETF for use of that text no longer apply and new rules are
in effect for all submitted text.
Obviously you can make a decision on text you supplied as to whether the new
grant of rights is OK to you or not. However you will need to contact the
authors of any other material and ensure that they have also agreed to the text
being used under the new rights.
It would be appropriate for you to do this now, rather than wait for the
submission deadline to find that you have a problem.
The relevant RFC covering this is RFC 5378 and the appropriate section is as
follows (if you need to consult with your legal people please use RFC 5378 for
the discussion and none of the text of this email):
5.3. Rights Granted by Contributors to the IETF Trust
To the extent that a Contribution or any portion thereof is protected
by copyright or other rights of authorship, the Contributor and each
named co-Contributor grant a perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive,
royalty-free, world-wide, sublicensable right and license to the IETF
Trust under all such copyrights and other rights in the Contribution:
a. to copy, publish, display, and distribute the Contribution, in
whole or in part,
b. to prepare translations of the Contribution into languages other
than English, in whole or in part, and to copy, publish, display,
and distribute such translations or portions thereof,
c. to modify or prepare derivative works (in addition to
translations) that are based on or incorporate all or part of the
Contribution, and to copy, publish, display, and distribute such
derivative works, or portions thereof unless explicitly disallowed
in the notices contained in a Contribution (in the form specified
by the Legend Instructions), and
d. to reproduce any trademarks, service marks, or trade names which
are included in the Contribution solely in connection with the
reproduction, distribution, or publication of the Contribution and
derivative works thereof as permitted by this Section 5.3,
provided that when reproducing Contributions, trademark and
service mark identifiers used in the Contribution, including TM
and (R), will be preserved.
Essentially when you submit an internet draft, you sign up to this, but you
need to ensure that you have the ability to transfer those rights in the first
place, which is where this message comes in.
You may also find it appropriate to read RFC 5377 as well.
Please note that I am not a legal expert, and you may find that if you have
questions of interpretation, you will receive a better (and quicker) answer on
the main IETF discussion list, rather than from the SIP list or from the SIP WG
chairs!
regards
Keith
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