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RFC 4879: Clarification of the Third Party Disclosure Procedure in RFC 3979

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 8179.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 8179 — Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document clarifies and updates a single sentence in RFC 3979. Specifically, when third party Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) disclosures are made, the intention is that the IETF Executive Director notify the IPR holder that a third party disclosure has been filed, and to ask the IPR holder whether they have any disclosure that needs to be made, per applicable RFC 3979 rules. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

Document record

Document ID
RFC4879
Published
April 2007
Authors
T. Narten
Status
BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Stream
IETF
Area
gen
Pages
4
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 8179
Updates:
RFC 3979

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 3668 (2004)
  2. RFC 3979 (2005)
  3. RFC 4879 (2007)
  4. RFC 8179 (2017) ✓

Read the full history of Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology →

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