In this BioBricks Foundation Request for Comments (BBF RFC), we update and clarify the copyright and licensing notice of BBF RFC documents

Beal, Jacob

Endy, Drew

Grewal, David

Johnson, Richard

Kahl, Linda

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page	  	   1	  BBF	  RFC	  107:	  Copyright	  and	  Licensing	  of	  BBF	  RFCs	  	   Jacob	  Beal,	  Drew	  Endy,	  David	  Grewal,	  Richard	  Johnson,	  and	  Linda	  Kahl	  	  02	  April	  2015	  	  1.	  Purpose	  	  In	  this	  BioBricks	  Foundation	  Request	  for	  Comments	  (BBF	  RFC),	  we	  update	  and	  clarify	  the	  copyright	  and	  licensing	  notice	  of	  BBF	  RFC	  documents.	  	  2.	  Relation	  to	  other	  BBF	  RFCs	  	  BBF	  RFC	  107	  UPDATES	  BBF	  RFC	  0.	  	  3.	  Copyright	  and	  Licensing	  Notice	  	  Copyright	  ©	  The	  BioBricks	  Foundation	  and	  all	  authors	  listed	  on	  this	  BBF	  RFC.	  	  	  This	  work	  is	  made	  available	  under	  the	  Creative	  Commons	  Attribution	  4.0	  International	  Public	  License.	  To	  view	  a	  copy	  of	  this	  license	  visit	  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	  	  4.	  Motivation	  	  The	  BBF	  RFC	  process	  currently	  is	  managed	  by	  the	  BioBricks	  Foundation,	  and	  BBF	  RFC	  documents	  are	  made	  available	  as	  PDF	  files	  through	  DSpace@MIT.	  	  Until	  now	  notification	  of	  the	  licensing	  terms	  for	  BBF	  RFC	  documents	  have	  been	  indicated	  on	  the	  BioBricks	  Foundation’s	  website	  and	  on	  DSpace@MIT,	  but	  have	  not	  been	  included	  on	  the	  actual	  BBF	  RFC	  documents.	  Because	  PDF	  files	  travel	  freely	  over	  the	  internet,	  the	  lack	  of	  a	  licensing	  notice	  on	  the	  actual	  BBF	  RFC	  documents	  has	  led	  to	  unnecessary	  confusion.	  	  	  5.	  Preparing	  the	  RFC	  	  	  Instructions	  for	  preparing	  the	  RFC	  SHALL	  remain	  as	  described	  in	  BBF	  RFC	  0,	  with	  the	  following	  change:	  	  Replace	  “Copyright	  Notice”	  with	  “Copyright	  and	  License	  Notice”	  whose	  text	  should	  be:	  “Copyright	  ©	  The	  BioBricks	  Foundation	  and	  all	  authors	  listed	  on	  this	  BBF	  RFC.	  	  This	  work	  is	  made	  available	  under	  the	  Creative	  Commons	  Attribution	  4.0	  International	  Public	  License.	  To	  view	  a	  copy	  of	  this	  license	  visit	  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.”	  	  	  page	  	   2	  6.	  Authors’	  Contact	  Information	  	  Jacob	  Beal:	  jakebeal@alum.mit.edu.com	  Drew	  Endy:	  endy@stanford.edu	  David	  Grewal:	  davidsgrewal@gmail.com	  Richard	  Johnson:	  johnsri@alum.mit.edu	  Linda	  Kahl:	  linda@biobricks.org	  	  	  References	  	  [1]	  Anderson	  et	  al.	  Instructions	  to	  BBF	  RFC	  Authors.	  BBF	  RFC	  0,	  10	  November	  2008.	  Available	  at	  http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/44960	  	  [2]	  Diane	  Peters,	  CC’s	  Next	  Generation	  Licenses	  —	  Welcome	  Version	  4.0!,	  25	  November	  2013.	  Available	  at	  https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/40768	  	  	  

BBF RFC 107: Copyright and Licensing of BBF RFCs

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BBF RFC 107: Copyright and Licensing of BBF RFCs

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