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RFCs - insufficiently free?

RFCs - insufficiently free?

Posted Jul 17, 2003 5:47 UTC (Thu) by piman (subscriber, #8957)
In reply to: RFCs - insufficiently free? by jmorris42
Parent article: RFCs - insufficiently free?

> So you CAN create derivitive works from an RFC, so long as you change the name.

Except you can't. The license doesn't give you that right. The only way you can develop new "Internet standards" as per their definition is through them.


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