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Re: Draft IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site

2012-09-04 17:12:07
Alessandro:

If an I-D is posted with secret text, then the secret is disclosed.  I-D are 
copied to many shadow repositories all over the world.  So, removing the I-D 
from ietf.org will not remove the secret text from the Internet.

Please explain what you mean by inappropriate boilerplate?  The I-D submission 
process checks the boilerplate.

Russ


On Sep 4, 2012, at 7:20 AM, Alessandro Vesely wrote:

The first paragraph says:

Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) are working documents of the IETF, its Areas,
and its Working Groups.  In addition, other groups, including the IAB
and the IRTF Research Groups, distribute working documents as I-Ds.

After all the groups, I'd add "and individuals".

On Tue 04/Sep/2012 03:29:00 +0200 Sam Hartman wrote:

2) An author realizes that an I-D accidentally contains proprietary
information, infringes someone else's copyright, failed to go through
external release processes for the author/editor's organization, etc.
Obviously factors like how long after the I-D is submitted might need to
be considered.

Except for I-Ds that reveal secret text, infringements should only
result from inappropriate boilerplate copyright claims.  It would be
enough to tag such I-Ds with a suitable disclaimer, in a way similar
to how the presence of errata is (not) handled.



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