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This memo documents the process currently used by the Internet
community for the standardization of protocols and procedures. The
Internet Standards process is an activity of the Internet Society ...
... Internet Standards process is an activity of the Internet Society
that is organized and managed on behalf of the Internet community by
the Internet Architecture Board (IAB ...
... Internet Standard is
straightforward: a specification undergoes a period of development
and several iterations of review by the Internet community and
revision based upon experience, is adopted as a Standard by the
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... of establishing widespread community consensus; and (4) the
difficulty of evaluating the utility of a particular specification
for the Internet community.
From its inception, the Internet ...
... The procedures described in this document are the result of three
years of evolution, driven both by the needs of the growing and
increasingly diverse Internet community, and by experience.
Comments and suggestions are invited for improving these
procedures.
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... committee.
Any member of the Internet community with the time and interest is
urged to participate actively in one or more IETF Working Groups
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... IETF participants recognize that the greatest benefit for all
members of the Internet community results from cooperative
development of technically superior protocols and services.
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... IESG, IAB, and Internet community. RFCs are available for
anonymous FTP from a number of Internet ...
... generally held belief that the specified protocol or service
provides significant benefit to the Internet community.
A Draft Standard ...
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An "Informational" specification is published for the
general information of the Internet community, and does
not represent an Internet community consensus or
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... general information of the Internet community, and does
not represent an Internet community consensus or
recommendation. The Informational designation is intended
to provide for the timely publication of a very broad
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Specifications that have been prepared outside of the
Internet community and are not incorporated into the
Internet standards process by any of the provisions of
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... is commissioned to provide an objective basis for agreement
within the Internet community that the specification is ready
for advancement.
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... IESG shall communicate its findings to the IETF to permit a
final review by the general Internet community. This "last-
call" notification shall be via electronic mail ...
... electronic mail to the IETF mailing
list, to allow the Internet community an opportunity to comment.
This provision is not intended to threaten a legitimate and active
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... IAB encourage alternative points
of view and the development of technical options, allowing
the general Internet community to show preference by making
its own choices, rather than by having legislated decisions.
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... vendor-proprietary specification that has come to be widely
used in the Internet may be treated by the Internet community as
if it were a "standard". Such a specification is not generally
developed in an open fashion, is typically proprietary, and is
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... To avoid conflict between competing versions of a specification, the
Internet community will not standardize a TS or AS that is simply an
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... In all matters of intellectual property rights and procedures, the
intention is to benefit the Internet community and the public at
large, while respecting the legitimate rights of others.
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... ISOC.
o "Internet community" refers to the entire set of persons,
whether individuals or entities, including but not limited to
technology developers, service ...
... By submission of a contribution to ISOC, and in consideration
of possible dissemination of the contribution to the Internet
community, a contributor is deemed to agree to the following
terms and conditions:
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... rights that may prevent ISOC and members of the
Internet community from implementing and operating
under the standard.
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... existence of or for evaluating any copyrights, patents,
patent applications, or other rights, on behalf of or for
the benefit of any member of the Internet community, and
ISOC takes no position on the validity ...
... Internet Society will make its rights available under
license to anyone in the Internet community in accordance
with the written assurances set forth below.
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ISOC hereby informs the Internet community and other
persons that any standards, whether or not elevated to
the Internet Standard ...
... Internet Standards (hereinafter together with ISOC called
"Internet community"). This agreement takes effect when signed on
behalf of the Rights Holder and the Internet Society ...
... in patent applications, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and
other proprietary rights in various countries (hereinafter called
"Rights") which may block or impede the ability of the Internet
community to implement and operate under the standards set forth
in ISOC standards document ____,____, and ____(the listed
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... The Rights Holder believes and affirms that it will derive
benefits by permitting ISOC and the Internet community to
implement and operate under the Standards without interference of
any of the Rights. The policy of ISOC ...
... The Rights Holder relinquishes any right or claim in any
trade secret which is part of the Rights, and makes the trade
secrets available without restriction to the Internet community.
The Rights Holder hereby acknowledges that ISOC assumes no
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... The Rights Holder assures ISOC that the Rights Holder shall
grant to any member of the Internet community, as a beneficiary of
this agreement, a non-exclusive, perpetual, world-wide license ...
... reasonable considering the objective of ISOC to assure that all
members of the Internet community will be able to operate under
the Standards at a minimal cost. The license discussed in this
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... the Internet, and shall become effective immediately when the
member of the Internet community executes it and posts it for
delivery to the Rights Holder either by mail or electronically.
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... other party in any country which would block or impede the ability
of ISOC and the Internet community to implement or operate under
the Standards, or that would prevent the Rights Holder from
granting the licenses and other assurances in this agreement ...
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in an open and fair fashion should be developed, published, and
adopted by the Internet community.
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