Re: Removal of IETF patent disclosures?

[Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com>]

On 2008-08-16 10:48, Ted Hardie wrote:
...
> Reading through this, I see that the recommendation that
> an IPR discloser "withdraw a previous disclosure if a revised
> Contribution negates the previous IPR disclosure" made it into
> the BCP.  Someone else will have to decide if this is already
> consonant with Paul's suggestion, or whether it would have
> to be amended.

"Withdraw" does not imply "remove", of course. To me, it has
always meant "update the existing disclosure to state that
it does not apply to the later draft." It still applies to
the earlier draft, and that earlier draft is still an
IETF Contribution for all eternity.

   Brian
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