Intellectual+Property+Rights+(IPR)+Policy

IPR Policies related to the S&I Framework Initiative
By contributing to the S&I framework Initiatives, contributors agree to license their contribution under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License for documentation and other content, and under the Simplified BSD License for software code and to disclose all known Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Disclosure will follow the definitions and rules defined by the IETF, with the following modifications:

References to "IETF" will be interpreted as references to the S&I framework. References to "RFCs" will be interpreted as references to “wikis, specifications, models, reference implementations and documents” created as part of the S&I Initiatives.

The term "Contribution" will refer to any submission to the S&I framework Initiatives, including contributions to “wikis, specifications, models, reference implementations and documents” delivered as part of the S&I framework. The contributions include information exchanged with participants of the S&I framework and includes any oral, written or electronic contributions made in the context of working groups and implementation groups constituted for the S&I Initiatives.

The disclosure process will be modified as follows: Disclosures will be submitted as entries to the S&I framework wiki, and linked to from the IPR Disclosures page. Disclosures will include all required information as defined in the IETF IPR policy and all required elements in the IETF IPR submission form.

Use of Content with Restrictive Licenses
It is the preference of the S&I Framework to work with material that is freely distributable with wide usage rights. In some cases, where a Standard Development Organization (SDO) provides source material under restricted licenses (for instance, those that require paid membership to access), the S&I Framework will need to deal with content that is not compatible with the preferred content license framework. In those cases, one of the following must be true:
 * By preference, the SDO is a member of the Initiative and makes the source material available under the S&I Initiative open content license
 * Alternatively, the SDO agrees to provide Initiative Members and S&I Staff access to the source material, agrees that reasonable portions of the source material may be quoted in public discussion, and agrees that the resulting implementation guide or derivative work of the source material may be published under the S&I Initiative open content license.
 * At the consent of the S&I Steering Team, the SDO agrees to an alternative licensing approach which allows the Initiative to appropriately reach its Initiative Goal