Re: Usage of RFC documentation for Javadoc

[Mark Wielaard]

On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 17:36 -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Wielaard <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Mark> In the meantime, without disturbing existing documents or arrangements,
> Mark> we should refrain from distributing /new/ material from RFC sources
> Mark> without specific legal review.  
> 
> Can we link to RFC URLs?

It seems RFCs can be considered as freely distributable documentation so
that should be fine. But linking to external documentation is of course
no substitute for having real self-contained documentation, which is why
we had wanted to use the actual text of the RFCs.

Cheers,

Mark

BTW. There is a work in progress page of one of the other GNU
maintainers on problems with the IETF copying permissions and what
actions he is taking to get them fixed:
http://josefsson.org/bcp78broken/

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