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Re: How to pay $47 for a copy of RFC 793

"J.D. Falk" <jdfalk-lists@cybernothing.org> Tue, 10 May 2011 14:24 UTC

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Subject: Re: How to pay $47 for a copy of RFC 793
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On May 9, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Steve Crocker wrote:

> A simpler and more pragmatic approach is to include a statement in the boilerplate of every RFC that says, "RFCs are available free of charge online from ..."
> 
> The copyright rules would prohibit anyone from removing this statement.  If someone pays $47 for a copy and then reads this statement, he is unlikely to pay $47 again.

+1

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