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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Frank Ellermann [mailto:nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 24/10/2007 7:58 AM<BR><B>To:</B> ietf@ietf.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> license-discuss@opensource.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> FYI 28 (was: A priori IPR choices)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Philippe Verdy wrote:<BR><BR>> We do have lots of informational RFCs which are still needed and<BR>> actively used, sometimes even required (notably those in the BCP<BR>> series, like the "Netiquette" which has become a requirement for<BR>> almost all ISP customers, as part of their contract, despite they<BR>> are only informational, and could change at any time after having<BR>> been replaced by another RFC replacing the older one with the same<BR>> BCP number.<BR><BR>BCPs aren't informational RFCs, for an introduction see RFC 4677<BR>or <<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments#Status">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments#Status</A>>.<BR>Maybe you confused BCP with FYI, RFC 1855 is also known as FYI 28.<BR><BR>FLAME ON: It's now 12 years old, and some parts are rather silly:<BR>Be careful with monospacing fonts, and be sure to have a signature<BR>which you attach to your message.<BR>FLAME OFF (flame tags recommended by FYI 28).<BR><BR> Frank<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ietf mailing list<BR>Ietf@ietf.org<BR><A href="https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf">https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>