File formats:

Status:

BEST CURRENT PRACTICE

Obsoletes:

RFC 3978, RFC 4748

Updates:

RFC 2026

Authors:

S. Bradner, Ed.
J. Contreras, Ed.

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ipr (gen)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5378

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Abstract

The IETF policies about rights in Contributions to the IETF are designed to ensure that such Contributions can be made available to the IETF and Internet communities while permitting the authors to retain as many rights as possible. This memo details the IETF policies on rights in Contributions to the IETF. It also describes the objectives that the policies are designed to meet. This memo obsoletes RFCs 3978 and 4748 and, with BCP 79 and RFC 5377, replaces Section 10 of RFC 2026. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.