Re: Draft IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site

[Joe Touch <touch@xxxxxxx>]

On 9/7/2012 9:21 AM, Dave Crocker wrote:
...
>       And by the way, formally, I-D's are not "published".  That's a
> semantic point, but apparently it's important for this discussion.

At lease one of the ISOC's boilerplates states:

      "This document may not be modified, and derivative works of it
      may not be created, and it may not be published except as an
                                            ^^^^^^^^^
      Internet-Draft."

The term "published" is used throughout the process.

Web postings are often considered "published".

Joe