* Steve Crocker: > A simpler and more pragmatic approach is to include a statement in > the boilerplate of every RFC that says, "RFCs are available free of > charge online from ..." > > The copyright rules would prohibit anyone from removing this > statement. If someone pays $47 for a copy and then reads this > statement, he is unlikely to pay $47 again. As far as I understand it, IEEE, ACM and the others need the search engine hits from library PCs. Libraries are their primary customer base. To the patron, it does not really matter what the document says because it appears to be free anyway. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf