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

Thomas Dreibholz <dreibh@iem.uni-due.de> Tue, 10 May 2011 17:18 UTC

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From: Thomas Dreibholz <dreibh@iem.uni-due.de>
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Subject: Re: How to pay $47 for a copy of RFC 793
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On Dienstag 10 Mai 2011, J.D. Falk wrote:
> 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

+1.


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