>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> Question. It is my understanding/assumption that the ONLY
>> parties that one must clearance from are the actual listed
>> authors of the document. Specifically, one does NOT need to go
>> back to everyone who might have contributed text. That, at
>> least, is how we seem to have been operating for a long time,
>> i.e, it is only the listed authors that matter.
Simon> I don't believe that is correct in this context -- I
Simon> believe what matters here is getting the necessary
Simon> copyright from each respective copyright holder (for work
Simon> large enough to be copyrightable). The IETF policies has
Simon> been (and remain) that the copyright remains with the
Simon> contributor (or possibly his/her
I agree completely.
I'll note that it may well be reasonable to assume that small text is
fair use.
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