[ga] [Fwd: [dnsext] RFC 5378, the IETF Trust, and consequences on DNSEXT]

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  As an FYI.  Very interesting, especially the referenced
link/url...

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Subject: [dnsext] RFC 5378, the IETF Trust, and consequences on DNSEXT
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:06:12 +0100 (MEZ)
From: Alfred HÎnes <ah@xxxxxxxxx>
To: namedroppers@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Folks,
if you are not (yet) aware of the legal mess that has come over us ...

It looks like the unexpected exegesis of the text in RFC 5378
-- unexpected even to its authors and IPR WG participants --
now executed by the IETF Trust might have severe consequences
for all future maintenance work on DNS as well.

There is a lengthy thread on the IETF main list -- too annoying
(at least for me) to follow in detail.

However, if you want to quickly get a rough idea of what's going
on, I recommend reading John C Klensin's recent posting to the
ietf-smtp mailing list regarding future work on another 'old'
protocol, SMTP, archived at:
  <http://www.imc.org/ietf-smtp/mail-archive/msg05398.html>

If these issues cannot be resolved in a manner the IETF is/was
used to operate over decades, I fear that the BCP 78 update might
severely impede all future work in the IETF on preexisting protocols,
and it looks like this turns into a giant economic stimulus program
for attorneys and legal/IPR advisors.    :-(

Kind regards,
  Alfred.


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