John:
>... > If the document is approved without change, then the RFC > Editor will ask each of the authors to grant the additional > rights required by RFC 5378. If this cannot be done, then the > document will sit in the queue until some work-around like the > one being discussed on this thread is implemented. Russ, the RFC Editor does not, in general, know about any Contributors other than listed authors and has never been tasked with figuring that out. Does the above imply that the Trustees have made a determination, with the advice of Counsel, that it is safe and appropriate to interpret the 5378 rules wrt older text such that only listed authors are relevant to obtaining necessary rights? Has the RFC Editor been advised of that determination? I ask only because of my continuing concern that a fix/patch will be adopted with the best of intentions all around but then will turn out to not cover enough cases to make it really useful.
The RFC Editor is asking the authors. That is the list of people that is readily available. If the authors cannot speak for all Contributors, then the document will have to wait until a work-around is found.
Russ
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