RFC Errata
RFC 8179, "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology", May 2017
Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUPArea Assignment: gen
See Also: RFC 8179 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 5312
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Stuart Cheshire
Date Reported: 2018-03-28
Verifier Name: Lars Eggert
Date Verified: 2021-03-31
Section 5.7 says:
If a Contribution is oral and is not followed promptly by a written disclosure of the same material, and if such oral Contribution would be subject to a requirement that an IPR Disclosure be made (had such oral Contribution been written), then the Contributor must accompany such oral Contribution with an oral declaration that he/she is aware of relevant IPR in as much detail as reasonably possible or file an IPR Declaration with respect to such oral Contribution that otherwise complies with the provisions of Sections 5.1 to 5.6 above.
It should say:
If a Contribution is oral and is not followed promptly by a written *Contribution* of the same material, and if such oral Contribution would be subject to a requirement that an IPR Disclosure be made (had such oral Contribution been written), then the Contributor must accompany such oral Contribution with an oral declaration that he/she is aware of relevant IPR in as much detail as reasonably possible or file an IPR Declaration with respect to such oral Contribution that otherwise complies with the provisions of Sections 5.1 to 5.6 above.
Notes:
The changed word is indicated by asterisks. RFC 8179 provides clear definitions of the terms it uses, particularly the important term “Contribution”. In this case, Section 5.7 (Disclosures for Oral Contributions) is talking very specifically about a written “Contribution”, as defined in Section 1, not a “disclosure”. This interpretation of what this text was intending to say is supported by the (non-normative) change summary given in Section 13, which says, “However, if an oral contribution is made and it is not followed by a written contribution, then...” Note use of the term, “written contribution”, not “written disclosure”.