> >> (I tracked the first sentence of the "Managed objects are accessed"
> >> phrase back to RFC 1065, August 1988; authors-of-record 
> were Marshall
> >> Rose and Keith McCloghrie. There were drafts before that, 
> of course.)
> >
> > That date is before RFC 1310 which makes things more interesting.
> >
> > Even more interesting is that the date is before 1 March 
> 1989, when  
> > the
> > US signed the Berne convention.  According to:
> >
> > http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/
> >
> > 1978 to 1 March 1989
> > Published without notice, and without subsequent 
> registration within  
> > 5 years
> > In the public domain
> 
> I had forgotten that - the Trust Counsel should give a 
> reading on this.

Indeed -- I don't see a copyright notice in RFC 1065.  This may be a
useful approach for old RFCs that lack a copyright notice.  Does anyone
know when the ISOC copyright notice was first applied to RFCs?
 
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