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Re: Need to preserve Internet Drafts

2000-09-28 12:00:02
% Bill Manning wrote:
%       [..from boilerplate..]
% > Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and
% > may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time.
% 
%       [..comment...]
% > What constitutes "validity"?
% 
% I would suggest only "possibly of current interest to an IETF WG".
% 
% cheers,
% gja

        And if it becomes of "current interest to an IETF WG" after the
        six month window?  Or if it is of interest to a non IETF WG, e.g.
        a legally oriented person doing IPR work? Can the IETF make
        "non-valid" collections of drafts available for prior art searches
        as an IETF function, esp. given the language in the boilerplate?
        
--bill