And *as* one of the authors of the proposed-RFC in question, I find the statement even more curious. Given the objections, I was proposing different text that would have aligned the statement with text already found in other RFCs already published. Tony Hansen tony@xxxxxxx Sam Hartman wrote: >>>>>> "Brian" == Brian E Carpenter <brc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Brian> Tony, That would have amounted to the author and IESG > Brian> deciding to change the IETF's policy on derivative works, > Brian> which would have been way out of line, especially in view > Brian> of the ongoing debate about this point in the ipr WG. > > Had this sentence been added by the author it would not have changed > anything about IETF policy. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf