Re: non free IETF's RFC documents in .orig.tar.gz

[John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>]

Stephen Frost writes:
> Ah, alright, well, my initial comment of 'no copyright statement' is
> correct then.  If the RFC was actually written by the US Gov't it's
> possible that it's actually in the public domain..

If the work was written by the US Government it is certainly (effectively)
in the public domain.  It is also in the public domain if it was published
before March 1 1989 without a copyright notice.
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John Hasler 
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