[ih] Karl's post from Friday: Re: Interop as part of Internet History

[Dave Crocker]

On 9/14/2020 3:21 AM, vinton cerf via Internet-history wrote:
> good question. the independent RFC stream is pretty open; historic is
> usually with reference to a protocol so it would likely be considered a
> re-interpretation of the intent of the term. Regardless of the label, I
> don't see why a historical account could not be an independent stream
> submission.
> v

Its openness is variable.  In effect, the IETF gets a veto over 
publication of anything related to IETF work.  The Independent Stream 
has the option to override the IETF but ...

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