--On Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:31 -0500 Richard M Stallman
<rms@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> So the answer to your question is that Experimental RFCs
> are different from Standards Track ones because, among
> other things, there is no implicit IETF recommendation of
> implementation and deployment of the technology and
> because part of the purpose of publication is educational.
> If a proposed standard is not freely implementable, in general
> it should not be accorded any status beyond a mere "proposal".
But an experimental RFC is not a Proposed Standard, a proposed
standard, a document that is in the process of being considered
for standardization, or any other sort of standard or
prestandard.
>...
john
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