netdev - Re: Implementing RFCs from IETF

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Date:	Sun, 06 May 2012 19:45:08 +0530
From:	Onkar <kernzap@...il.com>
To:	Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@...lab.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Implementing RFCs from IETF

On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 17:07 +0300, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote: 
> Le dimanche 6 mai 2012 16:59:34 Onkar, vous avez écrit :
> > Do RFCs on IETF contain some kind of copyright with the
> > authors (and their respective companies )who have written the RFC which
> > prohibits the RFC from being implemented in the Linux kernel.
> 
> Of course not.
> 
Thanks for your reply Remi. 

> But the copyright license does prevent example code from being copied into the 
> kernel (or any other GPL piece), in many cases.

If the RFC proposes some solution to existing problem and this solution
is proposed by some guys , at say CISCO or IBM , then does that solution
have some kind of copyright which prevents people form other companies
from implementing the RFC in the Linux kernel ? 

> Also some RFC have IPR separate claims.
>  
If possible , can you please give me one example on this as a reference.


Thank you very much. 
- Onnm

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