Re: Publication of EMSD as an Informational RFC

[Don Heath <heath@isoc.org>]

At 08:24 AM 12/22/98 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>At 11:52 PM 12/21/98 -0800, Mohsen BANAN wrote:
>
>This is what I meant about him.  And about many people from the 'Internet'
>community.  ISOC funding does not mean that ISOC policies apply to
>something.  This is like trying to apply congresses logic of US funding for
>the Arts.
>
>ISOC gives the money to IETF based on recognizing that IETF's rules apply
>to its use, not ISOCs.  Then the matter with 2026.  Of course this is why
>we keep saying we need to update the IAB's charter too.  I have never found
>wording in 2026 that states that RFCs series is an open to all publication
>service, rather it is a publication service of the IETF.  This means that
>IETF acceptablity applies to publication, which of course can change with
>changes in the IETF's 'membership', not the Internet's 'membership'.

I would just like to add that I agree with this.

Don