[rfc-i] I-D Action:draft-rfc-image-files-01.txt  Paul Hoffman
paul.hoffman at vpnc.org Sat Sep 27 10:38:19 PDT 2008  At 11:46
AM -0400 9/27/08, John C Klensin wrote: >Based in part on the
discussions that went into the "image file" >model, I believe
that any system that involves the RFC Editor >(or someone else)
accepting additional files, posting them >somewhere to which
stable URLs could be generated, and then >permitting normative
references to them would open up all of the >IPR issues again.
You can, of course, open up all of the IPR issues again if you
wish.  I would prefer that you didn't because it is mindless
hair-splitting.  Person A gives publisher R text T and image
file X to publish. R  publishes either a single document that
directly includes T and X, or  publishes a document of T that
refers to a copy of X that is  published on R's web site. You
may think there are substantial  differences in IPR for those
two scenarios, but I disagree.  >But, based on experience with
the IPR WG, I would >predi