Yes, I think we mention federal works in 5378. Unfortunately I don't think there are a lot of them, but have not done an inventory.
----- Original Message -----
From: Marshall Eubanks <t...@multicasttech.com>
To: Contreras, Jorge
Cc: Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org>; Harald Alvestrand <har...@alvestrand.no>; Randy Presuhn <randy_pres...@mindspring.com>; IETF Discussion <ietf@ietf.org>
Sent: Fri Dec 19 19:11:46 2008
Subject: Re: where to send RFC 5378 license forms
Dear Jorge;
On Dec 19, 2008, at 2:13 PM, Contreras, Jorge wrote:
>
>
>>>> (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?
>
Also do not forget that the US Government does not claim copyright.
Were any RFCs written
by US Civil Servants ? Then their work is in the Public Domain.
Regards
Marshall
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