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In article <[email protected]>, Masataka Ohta <[email protected]> wrote: > Note that BCP9, RFC2026, says: > > publication for comments before proceeding further. The RFC Editor > is expected to exercise his or her judgment concerning the editorial > suitability of a document for publication with Experimental or > Informational status, and may refuse to publish a document which, in > the expert opinion of the RFC Editor, is unrelated to Internet > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > activity or falls below the technical and/or editorial standard for > ^^^^^^^^ > RFCs. > > I should accept a fact that Jon Postel is really dead. Yes, the RFC Editor "may refuse". From BCP 14 / RFC 2119: "This word, or the adjective OPTIONAL, mean that an item is truly optional." -- Shields.
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