The IESG has issued a Statement on Clarifying Derivative Works Rights. 22 October 2025
RFC 5378 is clear that derivative rights for a Contribution can only be withheld when the Contribution is an IETF Document, and only then in narrow circumstances. In all other circumstances, notices that claim that derivative rights are being withheld for a Contribution are not conformant to IETF policies. Any notices in conflict with IETF policies shall be ignored in a Contribution. Any process owner required to handle a Contribution with such a notice can require the notice be removed. Repeated inclusion of such notices may be considered a disruption and moderated per RFC 2418/RFC 3934 and the IESG Statement on Disruptive Posting. Read the full statement: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-clarifying-derivative-works-rights/ _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
