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CURRENT MEETING REPORT
Minutes of the Poised95 Working Group (poised95)
Reported by Erik Huizer, Surfnet
Intellectual Property Rights
Bob Steen presents a brief overview on the intellectual property rights
issues regarding RFC1602bis (draft-ietf-poised95-std-proc-3-01.txt).
o exists as a body of law
o trace secrets, etc.
o copyrights
o patents
Section 8.2 of draft-ietf-poised95-std-proc-3-01.txt states that
anything published as part of a contribution will not be considered a
protected trade secret.
IETF
o open protocols & standards
o rough consensus & running code
Copyright
Section 8.3.1 and 8.4 of draft-ietf-poised95-std-proc-3-01.txt cover two
issues with copyrights. Section 8.3.1 discusses material that you
contribute to the IETF will be copy-written by the IETF. While you do
not give up rights to the material, but you are granting them a
perpetual non-exclusive royalty free permission to reproduce/distribute
and produce derivative works.
An "Applicable Notice" will appear in all documentation and
contributions stating this.
Robert Elz points out that by placing a document in the public domain,
the author no longer has the right to grant copyright. This should not
be a problem assuming the IETF has the ability to establish its
objectives with regard to publication.
Bill Simpson points out that the current document does not mandate
that the document and derivative works must carry proper attribution.
Patents
Patent holders who contribute material to the IETF relevant to their
patents must disclose such relevancy to the IETF. This gives the
working group and the IESG the data required to determine if work
should be continued using the patented technology or find alternatives.
Section 8.3.2a states that patents must be made available in a
specified, reasonable, and non-discriminatory fashion. When moving
from PS to DS, the two separate implementations must have two
separate exercises of the patent license process. This is an attempt to
exercise the "license process" as part of the standardization process.
Robert Elz points out that we may be forced into dealing with a patent
holder who won't follow our non-discriminatory rules. We need an
escape clause to override this mandate.
Robert further believes that the IETF may not be able to enforce the
"must disclose patents" clause because participants are individuals, not
representatives of organizations. Robert will propose a rewording of
the clause on the mailing list.
Quick Issue Clarification
o Do authors keep rights? Yes
o Can IETF/ISOC charge for reproductions in the future? No
o Contributors are responsible for granting permission to IETF
o What license is the contributor of a document granting?
o What about granting sub-licenses to other organizations?
o Does the contributor have permission of the owner?
Authors of documents are often not owners. (documents written on
company time are owned by the company)
o Can work submitted to the IETF be sent to other organizations?
o Who are the "authors" of a working group document?
Discussion on Patents
o Will holders give prior permission to reasonable and non-
discriminatory patent licenses?
o Does the Working Group need to get involved with whether terms are
OK?
The intent was that the separate license applications would force
the responsibility onto the implementors, but this doesn't really
show if the license applications were reasonable and non-
discriminatory.
Steve Knowles points out that it should be the Working Group's
responsibility to track down the licensing issues, and the area
director makes the decision about "reasonable" and "non-
discriminatory."
Paul Mockapetris suggests that when a working group chooses to use
patent technology, the working wroup must immediately report
that decision to the IESG so the IESG isn't put into the position
where they must kill two years worth of work once things are ready
to standardize.
Bill Simpson raised issue with ISOC holding copyright on material.
He feels that we should hold the copyrights within the IETF
ourselves.
What followed was a long discussion about eliminating the ISOC's
connection to the IETF. Paul Mockapetris suggested we either create a
new parent organization or propose an ultimatum to the ISOC stating
our demands.
A straw-poll was taken about continuing our relationship with ISOC:
o do it ourselves? 2
o do it with ISOC, offer them terms for relationship? 25
o find another body? 0
The Chair takes action item to send summary of discussion to ISOC.
A suggestion was made for a formal liaison relationship between ISOC
and IETF. Scott Bradner says he holds that position for ISOC, and it
was suggested that Scott hold that position for IETF so that he can
hold meetings with himself.
Nomcom procedures document discussion
o Why should there be an IRTF liaison?
IRTF reports to the IAB, so IRTF should have a say in the process.
Consensus is for two liaisons (IESG and IAB) plus other liaisons at
the discretion of the chair.
o Section 3.7: Sitting IAB and IESG appoint liaison.
It cannot be anyone up for re-election
o Section 2.5 a, b and recall procedure, and mid-term vacancies.
How long left in the term versus how long the mid-term appointee
should stay. There needs to be a time-out before a recalled person
can be re-appointed. A discussion follows on which body selects
candidates for midterm vacancies. Consensus is that the Nomcom
will also deal with mid-term vacancies.
o Section 2.4: Start of new terms.
Term begins on or after end of open plenary at the Spring IETF so
that IAB Chair election can happen.
In relation to Nomcom announcements, he list of vacancies should be
advertised at Nomcom sign-up time so that people know whether
they should volunteer for Nomcom or not. (This is because they may
want to run for one of the vacancies.)
Guy Almes introduces the current nomcom at this point. Some people
did not see the call for volunteers message this year.
o Nomcom selection.
Randomization is good. However, there is nothing in the process to
ensure representation by diverse communities (e.g., geographic), for
example, there is only one non-US person this time. We need more
volunteers, not new rules; more information should be given when the
call for volunteers is sent.
o Size of the Nomcom.
Concensus is that ten is a good number.
o Timing.
To push up process by one month, for example, begin four months prior to
the Spring IETF so that Nomcom can exist and meet at the December
IETF. There were no objections.
Thus ends the discussion on the Nomcom procedures. The editor (Jim
Galvin) will produce a new version.
o Best Current Practice document series.
John Stewart presents a modified approach to BCP's. He argues
that the name is not right and that ICS (Internet Concensus
Specification) might be a better name.
There is concensus that the current name and description are not
suitable. Discussion will be taken up on the list. In the meantime,
practice will prove how well the current definition works.
o Discussion of draft-ietf-poised95-ietf-charter-00.txt
The document has too much overlap with 1602bis; it needs to be
removed. Tow other documents discussed were the IETF Charter and
that which presents the organization of the IETF. This leads to the
following diagram showing document relations (THIS IS *NOT* AN
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART!)
Document relations:
Standards process (1602bis) ---------IESG charter
\ /
IETF Organization --------+------------+--------- IAB charter
|IETF charter|
Nomcom proc. -------------+------------+--------- ISOC charter
/ |
IETF Guidelines and proc.---/ |
/
Appeals procedures ------------/
Thus the IETF charter ties all other documents together.
o Discussion on the current document.
The process for Working group approval is discussed. People
complain that this takes too long. Is more streamlining needed? The
gropu is unable to reach a clear consensus. The IESG decides IAB has
a say. The Working Group may suggest the number of chairs and the
people for the position(s). However, final responsibillity lies with
the Area Director. The Area Director chooses the chair and the
number of chairs.
BOFs should be announced to IETF list.
Editors will make a new version of the document.
o Discussion on IESG tasks.
Robert Elz notes that Kobe has too many responsibilities (and the
IAB has none). The IESG manages the IETF, Working Group process,
the standards process, and guards the quality. It is suggested that
the IESG be split, but that the IAB not be like it was before. A new
body would include seven people with a chair. The group would be
responsible for the standards process. In turn, the original IESG
would manage the working groups. It was then argued that there
was already enough bureaucracy.
This approval body would make sure procedures have been met or if
it is broken then, even if processes are followed, it needs to be
rejected.
It is also argued that the IESG should do architecture by
coordination between groups. The area concept should be abolished.
The problem with the IESG is that you can't stop a bad idea. It is
suggested that the IESG be horizontally with technical people on
one side and the process on the other. Technical people should be
given the ability to say "no" to a working group or spec.
There is no concensus on any of these issues. Discussions will continue
on the list. It is not yet a main work item for the group.
The Poised Working Group encourages Mike O'Dell to go ahead and
publish his "code of conduct for IETF participants" after a discussion
on the IETF list.