From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "=?iso-8859-15?q?R=E9mi?= Denis-Courmont" Subject: Re: Implementing RFCs from IETF Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 17:28:54 +0300 Message-ID: <201205061728.54687.remi@remlab.net> References: <1336312774.11610.7.camel@oc4748611672.ibm.com> <201205061707.50204.remi@remlab.net> <1336313708.11610.11.camel@oc4748611672.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from oyp.chewa.net ([91.121.6.101]:49978 "EHLO oyp.chewa.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753099Ab2EFO25 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 May 2012 10:28:57 -0400 Received: from basile.localnet (ip6-localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oyp.chewa.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C17F42019E for ; Sun, 6 May 2012 16:28:35 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <1336313708.11610.11.camel@oc4748611672.ibm.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Le dimanche 6 mai 2012 17:15:08 Onkar, vous avez =E9crit : > > But the copyright license does prevent example code from being copi= ed > > into the kernel (or any other GPL piece), in many cases. >=20 > If the RFC proposes some solution to existing problem and this soluti= on > is proposed by some guys , at say CISCO or IBM , then does that solut= ion > have some kind of copyright which prevents people form other companie= s > from implementing the RFC in the Linux kernel ? Please refer to the copyright statements found in the RFC. netdev is no= t the=20 right place for lawyering. > > Also some RFC have IPR separate claims. >=20 > If possible , can you please give me one example on this as a referen= ce. You can find them on the IETF website. --=20 R=E9mi Denis-Courmont http://www.remlab.net/ http://fi.linkedin.com/in/remidenis