It was rapidly pointed out to me that my statement here:
On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 4:04 PM Ted Hardie <ted.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
0) I still believe that removing the no-derivatives clause is the most straightforward to do so. TCP, QUIC, HTTP, and many other Internet specifications remain stable and backwards compatible without the benefit of a no-derivatives clause; I don't see how robots.txt is different.
TCP, QUIC, HTTP and many others are developed within the context of the IETF. This has not historically been developed here, and so I believe that these are not the strong parallels you see.
was inappropriately vague about the meaning of "are developed". I meant "continued work on these is within the context of the IETF." I apologize for any lack of clarity.
regards,
Ted
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