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... solely to the extent of such participation.
b. "IETF Standards Process": the activities undertaken by the IETF in
any of the settings described in 1(c) below.
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... an Informational or Experimental RFC but not intended to be part
of the IETF Standards Process.
g. "IETF ...
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IPR disclosures can come at any point in the IETF Standards Process,
e.g., before the first Internet-Draft has been submitted, prior to
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... on; and they can be based on granted patents or on patent
applications, and in some cases be disingenuous, i.e., made to affect
the IETF Standards Process rather than to inform.
RFC 2026 ...
... IPR in
the context of the IETF Standards Process. They are intended to
clarify and fill in procedural gaps.
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... IETF Document making a normative reference to proprietary technology.
For example, a number of IETF Standards support proprietary
cryptographic transforms.
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... Hovey, R. and S. Bradner, "The Organizations Involved in the IETF Standards Process", BCP 11, RFC 2028, October 1996. ...