Re: Proposed IESG statement on referencing documents behind a paywall

[Stewart Bryant <[e-mail]>]

On 12/06/2019 23:00, Suresh Krishnan wrote:
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> As described in Section 7.1 of RFC 2026, RFCs may have normative
> references on external standards.
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> In some cases, however, those references are themselves not generally
> available (for instance, they might be accessible only after paying
> a fee). This can interfere both with the ability of implementers
> to implement the protocol as well as with the ability of the IETF
> community to review it.
> 
> In such cases:
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> 1. The WG MUST be explicitly informed of any such normative reference
>   and the WG MUST reach consensus that it is acceptable. The
>   document shepherd MUST include this information in the shepherd
>   writeup.
> 
> 2. The reference MUST be explicitly noted as part of the IETF Last
>   Call. If such a note is omitted, the last call MUST be repeated
>   after including it.

3. Where the reference has been made available to the WG for the
purposes of their work, this fact, together with details of how
reviewers can gain access to the reference for the purposes of their
review MUST also be provided as part of IETF Last Call.

- Stewart


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