[ih] Who owns old RFCs ?

• Subject: [ih] Who owns old RFCs ?
• From: touch at strayalpha.com (Joseph Touch)
• Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:08:29 -0700
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> On Apr 21, 2020, at 10:40 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Joe,
> 
> The inclusion of the ISOC copyright was mandated by RFC2026 (October 1996)
> for "all ISOC standards-related documentation" (remembering that the IETF
> looked to ISOC for legal backing), but I forget why it took a year to
> implement. Possibly ISI lawyers?

I?m not aware of a reason; the people involved have largely passed, so it?s not clear an answer would be possible.

It would not be ISI lawyers; ISI was not (and is not) a separate legal entity; USC was/is.

Joe

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