Advice to the Trustees of the IETF Trust on Rights to Be Granted in IETF Documents
RFC 5377, “Advice to the Trustees of the IETF Trust on Rights to Be Granted in IETF Documents”, is an Informational document published in November 2008 by J. Halpern. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8721 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
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.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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- RFC 5375 IPv6 Unicast Address Assignment Considerations
- RFC 5380 Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 Mobility Management
- RFC 5374 Multicast Extensions to the Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
- RFC 5381 Experience of Implementing NETCONF over SOAP
- RFC 5373 Requesting Answering Modes for the Session Initiation Protocol
- RFC 5382 NAT Behavioral Requirements for TCP