John, > > The main difference is also familiar: the IETF wants to limit > reproduction permission for published versions (presumably to > continue to make money on them to offset other expenses) while > we permit unlimited distribution and reproduction without > special permission as long as the documents are intact or meet > specific other criteria. Did you mean to say IEEE above? Bob > A second difference is that we've > never asked folks to go find online versions of I-Ds and update > them to point explicitly to the successor RFCs. I have no idea > how one actually does that or enforces it but, in principle, it > is an idea we might actually find it beneficial to consider. > Finally, the IEEE insists on formal copyright transfer at a > well-defined point (and, as far as I know, always has). "We" > don't think we need that. > > best, > john > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf