INTERNET-DRAFT C. M. Heard, Editor Will Update: RFC 4181 2 January 2007 (if approved) RFC 4181 Update to Recognize the IETF Trust Status of this Memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on 6 July 2007. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007). Abstract This document updates RFC 4181, "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of MIB Documents", to recognize the creation of the IETF Trust. 1. Introduction In order to reflect the creation of the IETF Trust, certain updates to the copyright notices required in IETF documents by RFC 3978 [RFC3978] have been published in RFC 4748 [RFC4748]. This document updates RFC 4181 [RFC4181] to bring it into alignment with those changes. 2. Updates to RFC 4181 The text of RFC 4181 is hereby updated as set forth below to reflect the creation of the IETF Trust. 2.1. Updates to Section 3.7 In the copyright notice templates in Section 3.7, replace all occurrences of "The Internet Society" with "The IETF Trust". 3. Security Considerations The updates in this document have no impact in the security of the Internet. 4. IANA Considerations The updates in this document have no impact on the IANA. 5. References 5.1. Normative References [RFC3978] Bradner, S., Ed., "IETF Rights in Contributions", BCP 78, RFC 3978, March 2005. [RFC4748] Bradner, S., Ed., " RFC 3978 Update to Recognize the IETF Trust", BCP 78, RFC 4748, October 2006. [RFC4181] Heard, C., Ed., "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of MIB Documents", BCP 111, RFC 4181, September 2005. Editor's Address C. M. Heard 158 South Madison Ave. #207 Pasadena, CA 91101-2569 USA Phone: +1 626 795 5311 EMail: heard@pobox.com Intellectual Property Statement The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property Rights or other rights that might be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in this document or the extent to which any license under such rights might or might not be available; nor does it represent that it has made any independent effort to identify any such rights. Information on the procedures with respect to rights in RFC documents can be found in BCP 78 and BCP 79. Copies of IPR disclosures made to the IETF Secretariat and any assurances of licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to obtain a general license or permission for the use of such proprietary rights by implementers or users of this specification can be obtained from the IETF on-line IPR repository at http://www.ietf.org/ipr. The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary rights that may cover technology that may be required to implement this standard. Please address the information to the IETF at ietf-ipr@ietf.org. Disclaimer of Validity This document and the information contained herein are provided on an "AS IS" basis and THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS OR IS SPONSORED BY (IF ANY), THE INTERNET SOCIETY, THE IETF TRUST AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007). This document is subject to the rights, licenses and restrictions contained in BCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the authors retain all their rights. Acknowledgement Funding for the RFC Editor function is provided by the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA).