On 2013-06-28, at 15:19, Paul Hoffman <paul(_dot_)hoffman(_at_)vpnc(_dot_)org>
wrote:
The RFC Editor is publishing code in a text file that is formatted like an
RFC. The proposal is for the RFC Editor to publish *the exact same code* in a
file without the RFC wrapping.
If you really think you see a legal difference in doing the second, fine; I
propose that you are just searching for problems that do not exist.
Quite possibly they don't, and I'm not presuming to talk for John. But the
vague thoughts that crossed my mine were the issues that allowed Phil Zimmerman
to publish PGP source code in book form and avoid conviction for munitions
export without a licence.
Perhaps this is no longer an issue in the US following Bernstein vs. United
States and Junger vs. Daley.
Just thinking aloud, really.
I will observe that far more than 20 minutes of combined person-minutes have
been consumed by this thread already, and the approach of minimum collective
effort is still "scrape the code from the RFC yourself and compile it".
Joe