On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 06:58:14PM +0100, Pierre THIERRY wrote: > Now that I think of it, quoting a copyrighted material doesn't give you > free material: you're not allowed to modify this quoted part, or you > would denature the original work, which is in utter violation of the > copyright, AFAIK. So it would still be better to remove those parts of > the RFC.
I'm still not sure that quoting such small parts of the RFC would infringe copyright, even if they are modified. Infringement of copyright requires either the whole or a "substantial part" of the copyright work to be copied, and I'm not convinced the headings would constitute a "substantial part". But that's the issue, rather than whether they are modified or not. (Incidentally, I suspect the question of modifying the quoted sections would become relevant when assessing "fair use", but I assume the policy is not to rely on "fair use" given that it is a US-centric concept.) However, as I said before the safest approach (while still retaining some usefulness) is to remove the text of the headings while retaining the paragraph numbering. So it sounds like we're agreed on the practical action (unless you think the paragraph numbers should be removed as well, which I think would be over-cautious). John (TINLA) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
