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Re: bring sense to the ietf - volunteer for nomcom

  • From: Masataka Ohta
  • Date: Fri Sep 08 00:16:06 2000

> 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."

Yes, it may but can not. Jon could.

							Masataka Ohta