Date: Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Information about referencing 802.11 Draft specifications.
To: Stanley, Dorothy <dorothy.stanley@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jon Rosdahl <jrosdahl@xxxxxxxx>, STDS-802-11-CAC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <STDS-802-11-CAC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Yvette Ho Sang <y.hosang@xxxxxxxx>
Jonathan Goldberg
Manager, Operational Program Management
IEEE Standards Association
Jon,
Would you confirm this response with Yve Ho-Sang?
I received a different answer– that the IEEE does not grant copyright permission for drafts, only published standards, see 7.2.2 a), SASB Bylaws 7.2.2 at https://standards.ieee.org/about/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.html .
“The IEEE-SA copyright policy does not permit us to grant permission for use of the draft material for purposes other than IEEE 802.11ax standards development (emphasis added) prior to approval by the IEEE-SA Standards Board.”
7.2.2 Contributions not previously Published
For any Contribution that has not been previously Published, and that is not Public Domain:a) IEEE has the non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide rights (i.e., a license) to use the Contribution in connection with the development of the Work Product for which the Contribution was made.
b) Upon (i) approval of the standard; or (ii) final release or publication of a Work Product by an Industry Connections activity, IEEE has the right to exploit and grant permission to use the Work Product's content derived from the Contribution in any format or media without restriction.
Copyright ownership of the original Contribution is not transferred or assigned to the IEEE.
Dorothy
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Dorothy Stanley
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
+1 630-363-1389
From: Jon Rosdahl [mailto:jrosdahl@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 11:17 AM
To: STDS-802-11-CAC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Stanley, Dorothy <dorothy.stanley@xxxxxxx>; Jonathan Goldberg <goldberg.j@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Information about referencing 802.11 Draft specifications.
Greetings,
I have had a question about referencing 802.11 Draft Specifications by outside organizations. I worked with Jonathan Goldberg to get a response. I wanted to share with you all to ensure we are all on the same page.
The question posed:
When referencing a draft spec., can the extraction of the materials within the draft spec be used as part of the referencing ? e.g. quoting some Mandatory/optional PHY modes.
The IEEE-SA official response:
Documents can always be referenced, however, it is recommend to included a note that the drafts are subject to change.
There is additional process required for sharing of the draft or usage of text from the draft as it is an IEEE work product and falls under the IEEE SA copyright policy.
Any requests for copies or usage of an IEEE draft standard or its contents need to be shared with the IEEE Copyright team for review and approval. This includes quoted material.
Regards,
Jon
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