FYI: 3979 update (was: I-D ACTION:draft-lynch-execd-tasks-00.txt)

Internet-Drafts@ietf.org wrote:

> Title           : Tasks previously assigned to the IETF Executive Director
[...]
> Filename        : draft-lynch-execd-tasks-00.txt

| 2.7.  RFC3979: Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology
|
|   Original text:
|
|   (C) Where Intellectual Property Rights have been disclosed for IETF
|       Documents as provided in Section 6 of this document, the IETF
|       Executive Director shall request from the discloser of such IPR,
|       a written assurance... The working group proposing the use of the
|       technology with respect to which the Intellectual Property Rights
|       are disclosed may assist the IETF Executive Director in this effort.
|       ...  The results will, however, be recorded by the IETF Executive
|       Director,...
|   ...
| 6.4.2.  If a disclosure was made on the basis of a patent application
|   (either published or unpublished), then, if requested to do so by the
|   IESG or by a working group chair, the IETF Executive Director can
|   request a new disclosure
|
|
|   All four occurrences of "Executive Director" are replaced by "Head of
|   Secretariat."

Is a "head of secretary" in the position to "request" anything ?  Section
2.5 about RFC 3777 also mentions this undefined (?) "head of secretary".

The proposed update of RFC 2028 in 2.1 could be good enough for a 2028bis,
integrating the existing 2028 updates + errata.  Patchwork RFCs like 3978
plus 4748 are ugly - in that case justified because it was urgent, but no
ideal model for bulk updates.

Frank

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