Subject: IPR policies

From: "George T. Willingmyre" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:59:56 -0800

Congratulations to all those who did the "heavy lifting" in the RFCs 

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3668.txt?number=3668  Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3667.txt?number=3667    IETF Rights in Contributions 
 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3669.txt?number=3669     Guidelines for Working Groups on Intellectual Property Issues

I send this note to these two lists with this  link to a page with DRAFT criteria that might be helpful in comparing and contrasting  various IPR policies using some consistent  methodology http://www.gtwassociates.com/answers/draftIPRcriteria.htm   It is intended that the criteria thereafter would be used to analyze some of the current major IPR policies around the world

It could be that those with lots of experience in these matters might take a look at the draft criteria and offer some improvements.

This is not an IETF activity, but a topic I discussed with several folks active in IETF activities who thought the topic was not so far off the beam  that it would be a problem

best regards

George T. Willingmyre, P.E.
GTW Associates
Spencerville, MD 20868
301 421 4138 facsimile 301 421 0977
www.gtwassociates.com