not being the RFC editor, the IAB (or member thereof), or even the (as yet undefinable) IETF, I am not sure I am qualified to render a value judgement here. That said, I am in posession of two bound volumes of the collected RFC series as of the date of publication of said volumes (modulo delays from the time the collection(s) were assembled and the time they were published). One is circa 1995 and the other is circa 1997 ... and I know of at least one CD containing the RFC archives that has been sold. The rules by which the IAB/IESG manage the IETF process have changed dramatically in the past four years... so what was once possible/encouraged seems now to be treated as suspect or illegal beahviour. Who knows if the ISOC/IAB/IESG folks are attempting to claim copywrite on old RFCs (which used to claim "Distribution Unlimited")... --bill On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:39:28PM -0000, John Levine wrote: > A friend of mine wants to include copies of some early RFCs in a book. > > My understanding is that anything published before 1976 without a > copyright notice, which would presumably include RFCs up through about > number 700, is in the public domain. > > Does the IETF or IAB or RFC Editor take a position on this? > > Regards, > John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", > Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, Mayor > "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf