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[rfc-i] Fixing names in references to old RFCs

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Thu, 18 February 2021 04:58 UTC

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:57:51 +1100
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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Subject: [rfc-i] Fixing names in references to old RFCs
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With RFC 7997, we can now include people's names in RFCs.

But we didn't used to.  I have a document that cites an older RFC where one of the authors had their name mangled.  What do people here think about correcting the mangling when referencing that document from a newer RFC?
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