HTTP/1.1 RFC copyright statement

David Van Horn dvanhorn at cs.uvm.edu
Fri Sep 17 15:46:16 UTC 2004


Hello,

Is the copyright statement used in the HTTP/1.1 RFC considered to conform to 
the OSD (included below)?

Thanks,
David


http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec21.html#sec21

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.

This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, 
and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its 
implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or 
in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright 
notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative 
works. However, this document itself may not be modified in any way, such as 
by removing the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or 
other Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of developing 
Internet standards in which case the procedures for copyrights defined in the 
Internet Standards process must be followed, or as required to translate it 
into languages other than English.

The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be revoked by 
the Internet Society or its successors or assigns.

This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" 
basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE 
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY 
WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS 
OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.




More information about the License-discuss mailing list