RFC 2339

RFC 2339 💖 An Agreement Between the Internet Society, the IETF, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the matter of NFS V.4 Protocols

Okay bestie, let's talk about RFC 2339 🦋. It's an Informational doc from May 1998, written under the Network Working Group banner, with The Internet Society and Sun Microsystems on the paperwork. The editor is Scott Bradner of Harvard University 🎀. Nothing in its title block says it obsoletes or updates any other RFC, so it's a solo act ✨.

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Status of this Memo 📋

This memo gives info to the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind, and distribution is unlimited 🌸.

Copyright Notice ©️

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved 💅.

Abstract 📝

This RFC records an agreement between Sun Microsystems, Inc. and the Internet Society. The agreement lets Sun's Network File System specifications flow into the Internet Standards process run by the Internet Engineering Task Force 🔥.

Note 🚨

This RFC is NOT a standard. It's an official public record of an agreement between Sun Microsystems and the Internet Society 💀.

The referenced RFCs 1094 (dated March 1989, "NFS: Network File System Protocol Specification") and 1813 (dated June 1995, "NFS Version 3 Protocol Specification") are NOT attached to this document. They're incorporated by reference, so they're part of the deal even though they're not in the doc 🧚.

Agreement Between the Internet Society, the IETF, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the Matter of NFS V.4 Protocols 📜

This Agreement was made on the 3rd day of March, 1998 by and between Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Donor") and the Internet Society. Based on the mutual promises below, the parties agree as follows 🫶.

1. License Grant. For good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged), and solely for the purpose in Paragraph 2 below, Donor grants the Internet Society a cost-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide right and license. This covers any copyrights Donor owns or can otherwise license, any Sun patent rights essential to practice the Specification, and any other Sun intellectual property rights. The license lets the Internet Society use, reproduce, distribute, perform, display, and prepare derivative works of the Specification, and authorize others to do the same. The "Licensees" are the Internet Society, which for this Agreement includes the Internet Engineering Task Force ("IETF"), the IETF Secretariat, and their respective members, officers, employees, contractors, and participating individuals 🎀. "Specification" means the technical specification described more fully in Exhibit A. Donor will make it available as the initial point for developing the specification for NFS Version 4, along with any technical specifications based on it that Licensees develop 🌈.

2. Statement of Purpose. The licenses in Section 1 are granted for the sole purpose of seeking to make the Specification an Internet standard 🎯.

3. Evolution of the Specification. Donor also grants Licensees a worldwide right and license to further evolve, develop, and modify the Specification, so it can become an Internet Standard through the Internet Standardization Process (as specified in RFC 2026). Donor may not grant a license involving the Specification to any other party, including any standards group, that would let that party evolve, develop, modify, or promote the Specification as a standard 🙈. Donor also acknowledges that if it evolves, develops, or modifies the Specification outside of the Internet Standardization Process, this should be clearly indicated as a non-standard development. No reference to the Internet Standards Process is allowed for any Specification developed outside of it ✨.

4. Non-Confidentiality. Donor acknowledges that Licensees take on no obligation to keep the Specification confidential. Licensees acknowledge that any rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Donor. Donor represents that, to the best of its knowledge, there are no infringement claims against the Specification 💜.

5. Future License. Donor acknowledges that Licensees have no duty to publish, use, or disseminate the Specification. That includes, in particular, any obligation to raise the Specification to the Internet standards-track 🧚. Provided the Specification is elevated to "Proposed Standard" level within 24 months of the execution of this Agreement, Donor agrees to license the Specification to others at no charge, on substantially similar terms to those granted to Licensee here. The one difference is that those licensees use the Specification to implement and comply with the Standard, rather than to make the Specification an Internet Standard. This holds so long as those licensees implement and comply with the Internet standard. If the Specification is NOT elevated to "Proposed Standard" level within 24 months of the execution of this Agreement, the license granted in Section 3 of this agreement terminates 💀.

6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. THE SPECIFICATION IS PROVIDED TO LICENSEES "AS IS", AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. MERCHANTABILITY AND NONINFRINGEMENT ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED 🙅‍♀️.

7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL DONOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE, PROFITS OR DATA, OR FOR DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SPECIFICATION, EVEN IF DONOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES 😭.

8. Acknowledgment. Donor agrees to let Licensees use Donor's name and address to indicate the original source of the Specification 🍓.

9. Miscellaneous. This Agreement is the entire agreement between the parties on its subject matter, and it supersedes all prior written or oral agreements and discussions. All additions or modifications to this agreement must be made in writing and must be signed by an authorized representative of each party. If any term or condition of this Agreement is declared void or unenforceable, as provided herein or by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions stay in full force and effect. The parties agree to comply strictly with all applicable export control laws and regulations. Where no U.S. Federal law governs, this agreement is governed by the law of the State of California, without reference to its conflict of laws provision ⚖️.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have had this Agreement executed by their duly authorized representatives 🖊️.

Signature /S/ Rich Green                       Date 3 March 1998
Name          Rich Green
Title         VP Solaris
              SunSoft, Inc.

Signature /S/ Donald M. Heath                  Date 6 March 1998
Name          Donald M. Heath
Title         President and CEO of the Internet Society

Exhibit A. The Specification is the specifications in RFCs 1094 and 1813, minus the portions of RFCs 1094 and 1813 that assume NFS Version 2 and Version 3 operate over XDR and ONC RPC.* It also covers control of ONC RPC program number 100003 (NFS) for the purpose of generating Version numbers 4 and onward 🧚.

*Note: ISOC already has a license to use XDR and ONC RPC (see IETF RFC 1790), so it may decide whether or not to create an NFS Version 4 that uses XDR and/or ONC RPC 🤓.

Security Considerations 🔐

Since this document records an agreement rather than describing a technology, security is not directly effected. That said, one of the aims of an IETF NFS working group should be to ensure that a standards track NFS protocol has adequate security 🚨💖.

Editor's Address 📮

Scott Bradner
Harvard University
1350 Mass Ave. Rm 876
Cambridge, MA 02138

Phone: +1 617 495 3864
EMail: sob@harvard.edu

Full Copyright Statement 🌈

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.

This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others. Derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it, or assist in its implementation, may be prepared, copied, published, and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other Internet organizations. The exceptions are when it's needed for developing Internet standards, in which case the procedures for copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be followed, or when it's required to translate it into languages other than English 📚.

The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns ♾️.

This document and the information in it are provided on an "AS IS" basis, and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS 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 👑.