RFC 5377
Advice to the Trustees of the IETF Trust on Rights to Be Granted in IETF Documents, November 2008
- File formats:
- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 8721
- Author:
- J. Halpern, Ed.
- Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- ipr (gen)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5377
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Abstract
Contributors grant intellectual property rights to the IETF. The IETF Trust holds and manages those rights on behalf of the IETF. The Trustees of the IETF Trust are responsible for that management. This management includes granting the licenses to copy, implement, and otherwise use IETF Contributions, among them Internet-Drafts and RFCs. The Trustees of the IETF Trust accepts direction from the IETF regarding the rights to be granted. This document describes the desires of the IETF regarding outbound rights to be granted in IETF Contributions. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.