-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/12/07 05:16, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le mercredi 12 septembre 2007 à 05:04 -0500, Ron Johnson a écrit : >>> Sorry, but the license doesn't allow that. >> Which license? I've looked a a few RFCs, and they each seem to have >> a different (sometimes non-existent) license. All, though, seem to >> say, "Distribution of this memo is unlimited." >> >> It would be useful to show John and I some specific examples of RFCs >> that don't allow any reformatting or translation derivations. > > You've just found them. Without explicit permission, they are not > permitted.
Really? Not in the RFCs I've read. >>> Not being able to draft derived versions of specifications is another >>> plain stupid idea. >> Since when can't you draft derived versions? >> >> RFC 1725 is (quoting the text) "primarily a minor revision to RFC >> 1460", which in turn is (again quoting the text) "primarily a minor >> revision to [RFC1225]", which itself in turn is based on ideas from >> RFCs 918, 937, and 1081. > > You can draft derived versions, but you can't distribute them until they > are accepted as new RFCs. Says who? That just doesn't make sense. RFCs are almost never written by a single person. > This is a serious limitation in free software > development, where anyone must be able to contribute in very > quickly-moving projects. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG57/0S9HxQb37XmcRAuSZAJoCBLeGe2g69Rn5fNOzWw8BK6qYGwCgyBP8 IJQe1gPdrg2Xxw1CbsiMG0s= =FDZk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
