[AFS3-std] IBM will not re-license OpenAFS .xg files

[Jason Edgecombe]

On 08/27/2012 01:41 PM, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> One of the challenges that the afs3-standardization process faces with
> regards to publication of documents via the RFC Editor is that IBM
> applied the IBM Public License 1.0 to the OpenAFS .xg files.  As a
> result, document authors/editors are unable to include RPC
> specifications that are derived from IBM's .xg files since the IBM
> Public License 1.0 does not meet the requirement that all code snippets
> be licensed under the "Simplified BSD License".
>
> A request was submitted to IBM's Intellectual Property lawyers
> requesting that the .xg files and several other portions of OpenAFS be
> licensed under something other than the IBM Public License 1.0.  That
> request has been denied.  IBM is unable to perform the necessary legal
> review of the OpenAFS DeveloperWorks distribution to determine which
> files may have been inappropriately licensed.
>
> This decision is unfortunate although not entirely unexpected.  It was
> difficult for IBM to perform the review in 2000.  Twelve years later too
> much knowledge has been lost.
>
> Jeffrey Altman
>
>
ok,

How does this impact the AFS standardization?
What are the options to move forward?

Jason