> >> (I tracked the first sentence of the "Managed objects are accessed" > >> phrase back to RFC 1065, August 1988; authors-of-record > were Marshall > >> Rose and Keith McCloghrie. There were drafts before that, > of course.) > > > > That date is before RFC 1310 which makes things more interesting. > > > > Even more interesting is that the date is before 1 March > 1989, when > > the > > US signed the Berne convention. According to: > > > > http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ > > > > 1978 to 1 March 1989 > > Published without notice, and without subsequent > registration within > > 5 years > > In the public domain > > I had forgotten that - the Trust Counsel should give a > reading on this. Indeed -- I don't see a copyright notice in RFC 1065. This may be a useful approach for old RFCs that lack a copyright notice. Does anyone know when the ISOC copyright notice was first applied to RFCs? _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf