Re: legal consultation (was List moderator action)

"Scott O. Bradner" <[email protected]> Thu, 7 May 2026 18:49:29 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>

> On May 7, 2026, at 5:45 PM, Rob Sayre <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Brian E Carpenter <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > Yes, but "adoption" is not defined by any of our BCPs.
> 
> I think it's in BCP78, it just doesn't use the word "adoption". It doesn't depend on the renaming.
> 
>    "However, if the
>    Contribution is accepted for development, the Contributor must
>    resubmit the Contribution without the limitation notices before a
>    working group can formally adopt the Contribution as a working group
>    document.”

WG adoption does not depend on name change - if anything it is the reverse - the name change depends on 
WG acceptance for development 

Scott