Alessandro: If an I-D is posted with secret text, then the secret is disclosed. I-D are copied to many shadow repositories all over the world. So, removing the I-D from ietf.org will not remove the secret text from the Internet. Please explain what you mean by inappropriate boilerplate? The I-D submission process checks the boilerplate. Russ On Sep 4, 2012, at 7:20 AM, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > The first paragraph says: > > Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) are working documents of the IETF, its Areas, > and its Working Groups. In addition, other groups, including the IAB > and the IRTF Research Groups, distribute working documents as I-Ds. > > After all the groups, I'd add "and individuals". > > On Tue 04/Sep/2012 03:29:00 +0200 Sam Hartman wrote: >> >> 2) An author realizes that an I-D accidentally contains proprietary >> information, infringes someone else's copyright, failed to go through >> external release processes for the author/editor's organization, etc. >> Obviously factors like how long after the I-D is submitted might need to >> be considered. > > Except for I-Ds that reveal secret text, infringements should only > result from inappropriate boilerplate copyright claims. It would be > enough to tag such I-Ds with a suitable disclaimer, in a way similar > to how the presence of errata is (not) handled. >