Valdis,
This would be a fair concern, but is the business of the standard's
organization to whom a proposal is offered. The IETF specifically
asks for the right to produce derivative works, in spite of the fact that
the concern you mention applies universally.
I believe this concern is dealt with by the fact that there is an IETF
official site and various similarly official reflectors. If an error exist at
an official site, the IETF community has a responsibility to point it out.
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:18:09 EST, Eric Gray said:
>
> > I'm not sure why an RFC might be granted perpetual unrestricted
> > copyright
> > but not allowed in derivative works. Is the intent to include copies as
> > derivative
> > works?
>
> I think the goal is to prevent the creation of non-canonical versions that
> possibly have errata in them. If I create a derivative work by adding hyperlinks
> and the like, and accidentally change a 3 to a 4 or something like that, all
> sorts of mischief will result....
> --
> Valdis Kletnieks
> Computer Systems Senior Engineer
> Virginia Tech
>
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