Changeset 11033 for dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0001.rst

Timestamp:

02/28/2008 06:41:40 PM (9 months ago)

Author:

dave

Message:

word smithing.

Files:

• dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0001.rst (modified) (2 diffs)

dotorg/trunk/html/beps/bep_0001.rst

@@ -164 +164 @@
 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
+considered Final, all people (including the BEP authors) or entities
+with a claim on the intellectual property expressed in a BEP 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.
+BEPs that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others.
+
+This policy statement should not be construed as meaning that BEP
+authors are required to assign software implementations of any
+particular idea to the public domain.
 
 
@@ -186 +190 @@
 BitTorrent editors <editor@bittorrent.org> or the forums at
 forum.bittorrent.org.
+
 
 Acknowledgements