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Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Fri, 08 May 2026 15:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: legal consultation (was List moderator action)
To: IETF discussion list <ietf@ietf.org>, "Rob Wilton (rwilton)" <rwilton@cisco.com>
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"Rob Wilton (rwilton)" <rwilton@cisco.com>:
> We publish lots of RFCs, a very tiny fraction of them use the no
derivatives clause.

I think the interesting case, which I want to preserve, is Internet-Drafts.
I agree the RFCs are kind of a sideshow. As RFC 5378 puts it:

"Occasionally a Contributor may not want to grant publication rights or the
right to produce derivative works before finding out if a Contribution has
been accepted for development in the IETF Standards Process."

thanks,
Rob S

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