Re: Is the IETF / Debian discussion resolved?
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Thomas Koch <thomas@koch.ro> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've prepared an update to Debian's doc-rfc package and found an 11 years old
> issue[1] whether RFC's can be included in Debians main repo or not. I just
> started using the internet around that time...
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=92810
>
> Do you know, how the discussion went and whether the IETF has somehow changed
> its copyright regulations in a way that would allow Debian to consider it
> free?
>
> I've found RFC 5377 which says in 4.4: "There is no consensus at this time to
> permit the use of text from RFCs in contexts where the right to modify the
> text is required." - Is my interpretation correct that this means RFCs can not
> be modified and redistributed and thus are not DFSG-free?
>
> (Please CC me in replies.)
And, also cc the IETF Trust.
Regards
Marshall
>
> Thank you,
>
> Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro
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