Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> writes:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005, Simon Josefsson wrote:
Otherwise, how do Debian handle the situation when the RFC is
parsed, and become part of the implementation? In other words,
where the GPL require that you distribute the RFC because it is the
preferred "source code" to make modifications to.
The above situation is one where the work is not distributable at all
until the depenency on the RFC is removed, as the RFC itself cannot be
distributed under the terms of the GPL.
That is a clear answer. Alas, in some situations, it may be difficult
to remove that dependency. For example, Libidn derive data tables
from RFC 3454.