Re: legal consultation (was List moderator action)

Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]> Fri, 8 May 2026 09:33:15 +1200

Newsgroups	gmane.ietf.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On 08-May-26 07:57, Scott Bradner wrote:
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>> On May 7, 2026, at 3:53 PM, John C Klensin <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> ...
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>> I don't remember, but I think the strong distinction implied by "WG
>> adoption" and posting of documents as draft-ietf-WGNAME-... rather
>> than draft-AuthorName-... came after the no-derivative language.  If
>> so, that was not a very strong reason.  My memory could be wrong
>> however.
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> yup - the non-derivative language needs to be removed in order for a ID to be be adopted (signaled by renaming)

Yes, but "adoption" is not defined by any of our BCPs.

However, both Rob and I are proposing in different ways to remove this pathway completely.

    Brian