Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:32:30 +0200 Simon Josefsson wrote: > >> Hi all! > > Hi! > >> >> I just noticed that heimdal-docs contained copies of RFCs, which I >> believe are licensed under a non-free license, so I filed bug #364860. > > Good, I tagged your bug nonfree-doc rfc as user > [email protected], as kindly requested on > http://release.debian.org/removing-non-free-documentation
Thanks! I didn't know about that... >> Some additional filtering should probably be done, some earlier RFC >> are (I believe) in the public domain. > > Public domain RFCs (if there are any) can be identified by looking at > them. > They must carry an appropriate notice to state that they are public > domain or else be knowingly published with no copyright notice in a > jurisdiction where, and at a time when, no copyright notice used to mean > public domain[1]. > > Better be sure that something is public domain, before saying that > everything is fine, IMHO. > > > > [1] IIRC, the United Stated used to be such a jurisdiction until they > signed the Berne Convention (in 1988); I don't know for other > jurisdictions... Right, and a lot of the early RFCs fall into that category, like the first 1000 RFCs or so. Some other RFCs, such as RFC 3492 and RFC 4027, are explicitly released under a permissive license, so they can be kept too. /Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
