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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Peter, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your question. In principle, the
copyright
holder of material (document, website, etc.) is the creator of
this material or
the person whom the copyright license for this material has been
given to. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A copyright holder can be a natural person or a
legal person.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The RIPE NCC is the copyright holder<span
class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Emilio%20Madaio"
datetime="2010-08-31T17:08"> </ins></span>for,
among others, the RIPE NCC documents and the RIPE NCC website. The
copyright
statement “Copyright © 1992-2009 the Réseaux Européen Network
Coordination
Centre RIPE NCC All rights restricted” refers to this kind of
material.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For RIPE Policy documents, the RIPE community
does not have
the form of a legal person. Therefore, in this case, the copyright
holder is
the individual creator of each policy. This is reason for the
Attribution
section at the end of the revised document.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <br>
</o:p>These topics were discussed during the presentation
“Authorship of RIPE Policy Documents” at RIPE 60. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For documentation, please see:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">- Presentation: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a
href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/presentations/Yilmaz-Authorship_of_RIPE_Policy_Documents.pdf">http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/presentations/Yilmaz-Authorship_of_RIPE_Policy_Documents.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">- Webcast: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a
href="http://ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/flash-video.php?day=Wednesday&pres=Filiz%20Yilmaz%20-%20Authorship%20of%20RIPE%20Policy%20Documents%20-%202.flv">http://ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/flash-video.php?day=Wednesday&pres=Filiz%20Yilmaz%20-%20Authorship%20of%20RIPE%20Policy%20Documents%20-%202.flv</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">- Transcripts: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><a
href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/steno-transcripts.php?steno=Main-100505-AM2">http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/steno-transcripts.php?steno=Main-100505-AM2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emilio Madaio </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Policy Development Officer</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">RIPE NCC</p>
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<br>
<br>
On 8/31/10 12:04 PM, Peter Koch wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:20100831100455.GA1925@unknown.office.denic.de"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 03:30:31PM +0200, Emilio Madaio wrote:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">RIPE Policy Documents, without changing their substance or meaning. This
project is aimed at improving the clarity and readability of RIPE
Documents. For more information, see:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/updated-documents/">http://www.ripe.net/ripe/updated-documents/</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap="">
thanks, this is a helpful effort.
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">The first RIPE Document to be revised was "Autonomous System (AS) Number
Assignment Policies and Procedures". The revised document is now
available at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-496.html">http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-496.html</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap="">
The predecessor at <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-463.html"><http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-463.html></a> has this
copyright note in the footer: "© RIPE Community. All rights reserved".
The updated version <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-496.html"><http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-496.html></a> now points
to the standard disclaimer <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.ripe.net/legal/copyright-statement.html"><http://www.ripe.net/legal/copyright-statement.html></a>,
which reads "Copyright (c) 1992-2009 the Réseaux IP Européen Network
Coordination Centre RIPE NCC. All rights restricted."
The second paragraph then clarifies that policy documents are not
covered by this NCC copyright and the second last paragraph says
"Please be advised that no copyrights originate with the RIPE community but
instead with the creator of the material, whether that be the RIPE NCC or any
other individual or organisation whose material appears on the RIPE NCC
website or RIPE website."
So, for the curious, who holds the copyrights for the RIPE policy
documents?
-Peter
</pre>
</blockquote>
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