RE: Additional comments ondraft-ietf-radext-management-authorization-03.txt

["Glen Zorn" <glenzorn@comcast.net>]

Alan DeKok [aland@deployingradius.com] writes:

> David B. Nelson wrote:
> > Well, yes.  I suppose there is no copyright issue with cut and paste
> of UNIX
> > "man" pages into an RFC.
> 
>   s/copyright/license/
> 
>   Everything is copyrighted by someone, unless explicitly place in the
> public domain.

Uh-huh...what's your point?  Everything that is copyrighted is also subject
to "fair use", at least in the US, & this would certainly constitute fair
use.

> 
> > Does anyone else on the list think that including "man" pages in
> appendices
> > is the best way to go?
> 
>   No.
> 
>   I would suggest referring to a specific version of the "man" page as
> a
> stable reference.  e.g.:
> 
>     "foo", as described in MyOS Release 1.2 "man" page.  Other systems
>     may have similar definitions.

OK, the problem is that while the reference may be stable, it may not
necessarily be readily available after some period of time: i.e., stable but
useless.

> 
>   Alan DeKok.
> 
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