On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:38:44 +0100 Simon Josefsson <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The discussion started by Stephan suggesting that free software > authors publish their work as free standards in the IETF. My point > was that since the IETF disallow publishing standards under a license > that is compatible with free software licensing (e.g., allows > modification), it is not possible for free software authors to do > this. Thus, to me, this discussion is not related to comments in > source code at all. My understanding of IETF policy is that the IETF will publish I-Ds that are in the public domain. Nothing is freer than that. You're perfectly free to put your text in the public domain before submitting it for publication as an RFC. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf