Network Working Group S. Bradner Internet-Draft Harvard University Updates: RFC 3978 Editor August 2006 RFC 3978 Update to recognize the IETF Trust Status of this Memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html This Internet-Draft will expire on January 18, 2007. Abstract This document updates RFC 3978 "IETF Rights in Contributions" to recognize that the IETF Trust is now the proper custodian of all IETF-related intellectual property rights. This document does not constrain how the IETF Trust exercises those rights. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society. (2006) 1. Introduction Bradner [Page 1] Internet-Draft RFC 3978 Update for IETF Trust August 2006 1.1 IETF Trust Currently the IETF requires that authors of Contributions to the IETF grant to the IETF (meaning the full set of participants in the IETF Standards Process) a limited set of non-exclusive rights and permissions as part of the process of submitting such Contribution. These rights and permissions are detailed in "IETF Rights in Contributions" (RFC 3978 - BCP 78) [RFC3978]. The IETF Trust was recently formed to act as the administrative custodian of all copyrights and other intellectual property rights relating to the IETF Standards Process that had previously been held by ISOC and CNRI (See [IETF Trust Agreement]). The IETF is supported by an IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) defined in BCP 101 [BCP101]. BCP 101 was updated by [RFC4371] to recognize the creation of the IETF Trust. This document updates RFC 3978 in order to recognize the IETF Trust and to implement the structure needed to support it. Most importantly, it alters the license-grant path as follows: whereas previously authors of Contributions to the IETF would grant a license both to ISOC and to all IETF participants, such authors will grant a license to the IETF Trust (in Section 3.3). This document concerns itself only with changes to RFC 3978 needed to recognize the creation of the IETF Trust. This introductory section is to provide context for the reader. Section 2 of this document is intended to be normative. 2. Updates to RFC 3978 The text of RFC 3978 is hereby updated as set forth below to reflect the creation of the IETF Trust. 2.1. Update introduction In the third paragraph of Section 1 replace "IETF and Internet Society (ISOC)" with "IETF Trust" and replace "IETF and ISOC" with "IETF Trust and the IETF." 2.2. Update Section 3.3 In section 3.3 replace two instances of "ISOC and the IETF" and one instance of "IETF and ISOC" with "IETF Trust and the IETF." 2.3. Update Section 3.4 Bradner [Page 2] Internet-Draft RFC 3978 Update for IETF Trust August 2006 In Section 3.4(b) add "IETF Trust, " after "IETF,". 2.4. Update Section 4.2 In section 4.2 replace two instances of "ISOC and the IETF" and one instance of "IETF and ISOC" with "IETF Trust and the IETF." 2.5. Update Section 5 In Section 5 change two instances of "ISOC" to "IETF Trust." 2.6. Update copyright statement Replace "Internet Society" with "IETF Trust" in the copyright statement in Section 5.4. 2.7. Update Section 5.5 In Section 5.5 insert ", THE IETF TRUST" after "INTERNET SOCIETY". 2.8. Update Section 5.6 In Section 5.6, replace all occurrences of "Internet Society" or "ISOC" with "IETF Trust". 2.9. Update Section 7.1 In Section 7.1, replace two instances of "IETF/ISOC" with "IETF Trust and IETF". 2.10. Update Section 8 In Section 8, insert ", the IETF Trust" after "ISOC". 3. References 3.1. Normative References [RFC3978] Bradner, S., Ed., "IETF Rights in Contributions", BCP 78, RFC 3978, March 2005. [BCP101] Austein, R., and B. Wijnen, "Structure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA)," BCP 101, RFC 4071, April 2005. [RFC4371] Carpenter, B., and L. Lynch Ed., " BCP 101 Update for IPR Trust," RFC 4371, January 2006 Bradner [Page 3] Internet-Draft RFC 3978 Update for IETF Trust August 2006 [IETF Trust Agreement] www.ietf.org/trust/IETFtrustAgreement20051208.pdf 4. Security Considerations This type of process document does not have a direct impact on the security of the Internet or Internet protocols. 5. IANA Considerations (Note to RFC Editor - this section to be removed before publication as a RFC) There are no IANA actions required by this document. 6. Editor's Address Scott Bradner Harvard University 29 Oxford St. Cambridge MA, 02138 Phone: +1 617 495 3864 EMail: sob@harvard.edu 7. Full copyright statement Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). This document is subject to the rights, licenses and restrictions contained in BCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the authors retain all their rights. 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Information Bradner [Page 4] Internet-Draft RFC 3978 Update for IETF Trust August 2006 on the procedures with respect to rights in RFC documents can be found in BCP 78 and BCP 79. Copies of IPR disclosures made to the IETF Secretariat and any assurances of licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to obtain a general license or permission for the use of such proprietary rights by implementers or users of this specification can be obtained from the IETF on-line IPR repository at http://www.ietf.org/ipr. The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary rights that may cover technology that may be required to implement this standard. Please address the information to the IETF at ietf-ipr@ietf.org. Acknowledgement Funding for the RFC Editor function is currently provided by the Internet Society. Bradner [Page 5]