Question for Jorge: "Distribution of this memo is unlimited."

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Subject: Question for Jorge: "Distribution of this memo is unlimited."
From: Brian E Carpenter <brc at zurich.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:06:00 +0200
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Jorge,

All RFCs since the creation of the IETF, and some earlier ones,
include in their preamble "Distribution of this memo is unlimited."

Does this have any particular legal significance?

     Brian

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