Re: Topic drift Re: An Internet Draft as reference material

> So, since we already have in place rules on when
> I-Ds can be cited in 'IETF approved' documents, and
> the IETF can't stop anyone else from pointing to
> IETF works in progress, is there anything left to
> discuss here?
historically IETF has discouraged even external references to
I-Ds by removing I-Ds from the repository after six months.
if IETF starts providing a reliable archive of I-Ds, I-Ds 
will be referenced more often in external documents

Keith