Re: RFC5378 alternate procedure

[Sam Hartman <hartmans-ietf at mit.edu>]

>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <simon at josefsson.org> writes:

    >>  Question. It is my understanding/assumption that the ONLY
    >> parties that one must clearance from are the actual listed
    >> authors of the document. Specifically, one does NOT need to go
    >> back to everyone who might have contributed text. That, at
    >> least, is how we seem to have been operating for a long time,
    >> i.e, it is only the listed authors that matter.

    Simon> I don't believe that is correct in this context -- I
    Simon> believe what matters here is getting the necessary
    Simon> copyright from each respective copyright holder (for work
    Simon> large enough to be copyrightable).  The IETF policies has
    Simon> been (and remain) that the copyright remains with the
    Simon> contributor (or possibly his/her 

I agree completely.

I'll note that it may well be reasonable to assume that small text is
fair use.

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