On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 11:11:30AM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: > 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. The IETF did not write these RFCs, the individual contributors did; I don't believe the IETF has standing to assert copyright over documents written by the individual RFC authors between 1978 and 1988 (i.e., before the United States ratified the Berne Convention). -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
