The point of <CODE BEGINS> and <CODE ENDS> is to be clear that it can be copied into an implementation. Doe you envision the pseudocode being put in the code, even as comments? Russ > On Dec 13, 2021, at 4:34 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > Do people think it's a good or bad idea to label pseudocode > in an RFC with <CODE BEGINS>? > > The reason it seems like a good idea is so that readers are > free to use the pseudocode as the basis for real code, > under the BSD license that the IETF Trust grants for code > components. > > I'm not sure why it might be a bad idea, but the Trust's > legal language seems to refer only to real code. > > (The case in point is > https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-anima-asa-guidelines-04.html#appendix-C-14 ) > Regards > Brian Carpenter >
