Simon -- the IETF copyright covers slightly more
than the boilerplate.  It also covers the RFC numbering
series, as well as the "collective" work formed by
the individual contributions by many individual
authors, each of whom retains his/her copyright in
the contribution.  This is explained in the commentary
in Scott Bradner's latest I-D revising 3978.  See
the following language from Sec. 6.1:

"     The copyright notice also alerts readers that the document is an
      IETF Document, and that the IETF Trust owns the copyright in the
      "collective work", as well as certain aspects of the document,
      such as its layout, the RFC numbering convention and the prefatory
      language of the document.  This legend is not, however, intended
      to imply that IETF or the IETF Trust owns the text of any
      Contribution included in an IETF Document.  Rather, ownership of
      such Contributions is retained by the author(s) or remains in the
      public domain, as applicable, subject only to the licenses granted
      to IETF and the IETF Trust under Section 3.3 above."

Please let us know if you don't think this is laid
out clearly enough.

Jorge

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Josefsson [mailto:jas@extundo.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 4:47 PM
To: ipr-wg@ietf.org
Subject: ISSUE? What does the copyright claim in I-D/RFCs mean?


I'd like to raise a potential issue for the tracker, given the
Mankin/Klensin thread on the IETF general list, and the following
sentence in the introduction of Joel's draft:

  This includes copyrights in IETF Internet-Drafts and RFCs.

I believe we have established that the copyright statement in I-Ds and
RFC only refer to the boiler plate.  The IPR Trust doesn't hold a
copyright on the content.

Discussing this issue in the FAQ on the IETF and RFC editor pages
would also be a good idea.  It would also be useful to explain when
the year in that copyright message has to be updated.

I believe we could open and close this issue quickly, to have
something to reference when this issue comes up later on.

Suggested proposed resolution:

  The copyright claim in I-Ds and RFCs refer to the boiler plate
  (e.g., sections "Status of this Memo" and "Intellectual Property").
  The copyright of the content remains with the authors of the text
  (which may include more than the authors specified on the title
  page).

Thanks,
Simon

"Joel M. Halpern" <joel@stevecrocker.com> writes:

> As described by Harald, this draft is currently merely an outline.
> And even the structure may change as the working group consensus
> appears.  If I have made errors in what little content I did put in,
> please let me know on the working group list.
>
> Yours,
> Joel M. Halpern, Ed.
>
>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
>> directories.
>> This draft is a work item of the Intellectual Property Rights
>> Working Group of the IETF.
>>
>>         Title           : Advice to the IAOC on Rights to be Granted
>> in IETF RFCs
>>         Author(s)       : J. Halpern
>>         Filename        : draft-ietf-ipr-outbound-rights-00.txt
>>         Pages           : 7
>>         Date            : 2006-3-4
>>
>>The IASA is resposible for managing intellectual property rights on
>>behalf of the IETF.  This includes the license to copy, implement and
>>otherwise use IETF contributions, among them Internet-Drafts and
>>RFCs.  The IASA takes direction from the IETF regarding the rights to
>>be granted.  This document describes the desires of the IETF
>>regarding rights granted in IETF contributions.
>>
>>A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
>>http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipr-outbound-rights-00.txt

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