At 13:41 16-12-2008, Sam Hartman wrote:
For what it is worth, I as an individual support the new rules, and
believe Russ gave me a fine answer.
You asked a good question.
I would not support turning this into a choice.
According to a message [1] posted by the IETF Chair, the updated
boilerplate is required as from December 16. There was a Last Call
on December 16 for draft-ietf-sieve-managesieve. There is a
sub-section in that I-D that is similar to text found in RFCs on the
Standard Track. Previously, reuse of text as part of the Standard
Process wasn't an issue. One could even argue that the reuse of some
text falls under the doctrine of "fair use".
If I were to send comments pointing out that some parts of the
document are not in line with what RFC 5378 prescribes, the IESG may
have to determine whether BCP 78 and BCP 79 were followed even if the
IETF "takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
Intellectual Property Rights or other rights".
1. http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf-announce/current/msg05509.html
Regards,
-sm
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