On 2008-12-13 08:20, Russ Housley wrote:
> At 01:28 PM 12/12/2008, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>
>> As far as I understand, I can no longer take RFC 4398, fix some
>> minor problem, and re-submit it as a RFC 4398bis. Even though I was
>> editor of RFC 4398. The reason is that some material in that document
>> was written by others. At least, I cannot do this, without getting
>> permission from the other people who wrote the initial document. I wish
>> this is mistaken and that someone can explain how to reconcile this
>> example with what Russ wrote.
>
> Correct. RFC 5378 imposes this burden on the contributor. All of the
> rights needed to make updates to the document within the IETF Standards
> Process are clearly already available, but the contributor is required
> to obtain the additional rights that are required by RFC 5378.
Formally yes. But the Trust can take the sting out of this by
a vigorous effort to get former contributors to sign over the
necessary rights, and by providing a convenient method for
this to be done.
Brian
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