RE: RFC Author Count and IPR

Henning,

	IRT BCP 78/79 IPR statements, it's actually worse than 
you indicate.

	The issue is that (because of the "Note Well") you can't
effectively "take back" a contribution and (because of the need
for proper attribution) you really cannot de-list someone who
has made any significant contribution to the document.

	Because of the wording in current IPR BCPs, however, any
"author" is not only agreeing to be responsible for IPR that
he (or she) may have in their contribution, but also any IPR
they may know of that relates to other contributions made in an
RFC for which they are a listed "author".

	One seriously detrimental effect of these considerations
is that this actively discourages an RFC "author" (and possibly
any other contributor) from trying to determine if his (or her)
employer actually has any IPR in the technology about which they
are writing - and, thus, encouraging a separation between those
who do things and those who write about it...

--
Eric

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