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Re: rfc non freeness - could a summary of the issue be made ?



On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 02:13:31AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Alban Browaeys wrote:
> > Is there a consensus about what make it non free
> Yes.  They don't give you permission to make a new document, derived from an 
> RFC but renamed and describing a different standard.  (Unless you submit it 
> as an RFC, which is often inappropriate, and would be a non-free "submit to 
> upstream" requirement in any case).

Notably, you can't include any text from them in programs you
write. Including example code.

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