HTTP/1.1 RFC copyright statement

[Alex Rousskov]

David,

 	RFC 2616 is a protocol specification, a piece of 
documentation, not software. AFAICT, OSD does not apply to 
documentation. OSD scope is limited to software:

 	* http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
 	The distribution terms of open-source software must comply
 	with the following criteria: ...

Alex.

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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, David Van Horn wrote:

> 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.
>
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> way, such as by removing the copyright notice or references to the Internet 
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> developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for copyrights 
> defined in the Internet Standards process must be followed, or as required to 
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>
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