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From: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:02:04 +0200
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To: Cullen Jennings <fluffy@cisco.com>
Cc: codec@ietf.org, ietf@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [codec] Last Call:
 <draft-ietf-codec-requirements-04.txt>	(Codec	Requirements) to Informational
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On Jun 20, 2011, at 15:31, Cullen Jennings wrote:

> This is all a sort of confusing point of many IETF documents and not =
unique to this one. I think the important points is that for many IETF =
documents, the people listed on the front page are not the authors. =
Typically the list of authors is a much longer list. And to clarify what =
I mean by Author, I mean it in the sense that it would used in copyright =
law. I do think the Acknowledgements section needs to identity anyone =
who is a contributor to the document. The limit on number of people on =
the front pages makes it impossible to even put all the authors on the =
front page if we wanted to.=20

Ceterum censeo: A situation that is untenable.

(And that may actually be problematic in countries with droit =
d'auteur/Urheberrecht such as Germany, but that's not my point.)

Gruesse, Carsten