Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
When I looked over the new package, I noticed that it still contains an
RFC inside the source package, inside a JAR file (which are ZIP files):
pkg phpgroupware ver 0.9.16.011-2
phpgroupware/javassh/applet/src/jta25-src.jar:
jta25/doc/rfc854.txt
RFC854 was issued in 1983, and therefore AIUI predates the current RFC
copyright silliness. I don't think there's any reason to believe the IETF
has the rights to retroactively change the license on copies of this RFC
already in distribution.
If you believe there is still a bug here, please open a separate report so
that this (IMHO much lesser) issue can be tracked separately from the bug
with RFC2445 which has already been fixed.
There is the email from the RFC editor on
http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments where they claim statements
apply retroactively, although that doesn't specifically cover the
pre-1989 copyright situation.
I don't see any reason to re-open the bug at this point, but I'll ask
the RFC editor to clarify their view of the situation, and in particular
whether they consider the modern copyright rules apply to old RFCs as well.
Thanks,
Simon
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