--On Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:31 -0500 Richard M Stallman
<rms(_at_)gnu(_dot_)org> wrote:
So the answer to your question is that Experimental RFCs
are different from Standards Track ones because, among
other things, there is no implicit IETF recommendation of
implementation and deployment of the technology and
because part of the purpose of publication is educational.
If a proposed standard is not freely implementable, in general
it should not be accorded any status beyond a mere "proposal".
But an experimental RFC is not a Proposed Standard, a proposed
standard, a document that is in the process of being considered
for standardization, or any other sort of standard or
prestandard.
...
john
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