Changeset 11032 for dotorg/trunk/html

Timestamp:

02/28/2008 05:28:23 PM (8 months ago)

Author:

dave

Message:

BEP ideas are in the public domain.

Location:

dotorg/trunk/html/beps

Files:

• bep_0001.html (modified) (3 diffs)
• bep_0001.rst (modified) (1 diff)

dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0001.html

@@ -39 +39 @@
 <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">The BitTorrent Enhancement Proposal Process</td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">11014</td>
-</tr>
-<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference external" href="https://svn.bittorrent.com/trac.cgi/browser/dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0001.rst">2008-02-25 14:57:16 -0800 (Mon, 25 Feb 2008)</a></td>
+<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">11031</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference external" href="https://svn.bittorrent.com/trac.cgi/browser/dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0001.rst">2008-02-28 16:43:58 -0800 (Thu, 28 Feb 2008)</a></td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">David Harrison &lt;dave&#32;&#97;t&#32;bittorrent.com&gt;</td>
@@ -62 +62 @@
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#bep-types" id="id4">BEP Types</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#bep-work-flow" id="id5">BEP Work FLow</a></li>
-<li><a class="reference internal" href="#history" id="id6">History</a></li>
-<li><a class="reference internal" href="#acknowledgements" id="id7">Acknowledgements</a></li>
-<li><a class="reference internal" href="#references-and-footnotes" id="id8">References and Footnotes</a></li>
-<li><a class="reference internal" href="#copyright" id="id9">Copyright</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#intellectual-property-and-bittorrent-standards" id="id6">Intellectual Property and BitTorrent Standards</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#history" id="id7">History</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#acknowledgements" id="id8">Acknowledgements</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#references-and-footnotes" id="id9">References and Footnotes</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#copyright" id="id10">Copyright</a></li>
 </ul>
 </div>
@@ -197 +198 @@
 <img alt="bep_0001_1.png" src="bep_0001_1.png" />
 </div>
+<div class="section" id="intellectual-property-and-bittorrent-standards">
+<h1>Intellectual Property and BitTorrent Standards</h1>
+<p>Any idea submitted in a BEP will not be considered for standardization
+if the idea is not in the public domain.  Before a BEP can be
+considered Final, all people or entities with a claim on the
+intellectual property expressed in a BEP (including the BEP authors)
+must assign in writing all intellectual property expressed in the BEP
+to the public domain.  If the BEP authors lack the power to assign
+intellectual property rights then they must disclose this fact before
+the BEP can be considered Final.</p>
+<p>Furthermore BEP authors should not knowingly propose anything in their
+BEPs that infringe on the intellectual property rights of others.</p>
+</div>
 <div class="section" id="history">
 <h1>History</h1>

dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0001.rst

@@ -159 +159 @@
 
 
+Intellectual Property and BitTorrent Standards
+==============================================
+
+Any idea submitted in a BEP will not be considered for standardization
+if the idea is not in the public domain.  Before a BEP can be
+considered Final, all people or entities with a claim on the
+intellectual property expressed in a BEP (including the BEP authors)
+must assign in writing all intellectual property expressed in the BEP
+to the public domain.  If the BEP authors lack the power to assign
+intellectual property rights then they must disclose this fact before
+the BEP can be considered Final.
+
+Furthermore BEP authors should not knowingly propose anything in their
+BEPs that infringe on the intellectual property rights of others.
+
+
 History
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