Advice to the Trustees of the IETF Trust on Rights to Be Granted in IETF Documents
RFC 8721, “Advice to the Trustees of the IETF Trust on Rights to Be Granted in IETF Documents”, is an Informational document published in February 2020 by J. Halpern. It obsoletes RFC 5377. 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 accept 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 document obsoletes RFC 5377 solely for the purpose of removing references to the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), which was part of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA).
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 8720 Principles for Operation of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Registries
- RFC 8722 Defining the Role and Function of IETF Protocol Parameter Registry Operators
- RFC 8719 High-Level Guidance for the Meeting Policy of the IETF
- RFC 8723 Double Encryption Procedures for the Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol
- RFC 8718 IETF Plenary Meeting Venue Selection Process
- RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation
- RFC 8717 IETF Administrative Support Activity 2.0: Consolidated Updates to IETF Administrative Terminology
- RFC 8725 JSON Web Token Best Current Practices