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

[Brian E Carpenter <brc at zurich.ibm.com>]

A little grepping kindly performed by Thomas Narten shows that
the first RFC carrying the magic phrase was RFC 902, and
that since RFC 908 they all carry it (except RFC 918).

It is true that many of the earlier RFCs carry text
indicating DARPA support.

    Brian

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> 	not being Jorge, i'll venture a guess.  Since much of
> 	the work was done using US DoD money (ARPA) there was
> 	a classification series that indicated the distribution 
> 	of materials.  My understanding is that the RFCs did not
> 	merit stronger, more restrictive  classification.
>
> --bill
>
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 02:06:00PM +0200, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>
> > 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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