Network Working Group                                      C. Heard, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4841                                    March 2007
BCP: 111
Updates: 4181
Category: Best Current Practice

              RFC 4181 Update to Recognize the IETF Trust

Status of This Memo

   This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
   Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007).

Abstract

   This document updates RFC 4181, "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers
   of MIB Documents", to recognize the creation of the IETF Trust.

1.  Introduction

   In order to reflect the creation of the IETF Trust, certain updates
   to the copyright notices required in IETF documents by RFC 3978
   [RFC 3978] have been published in RFC 4748 [RFC 4748].  This document
   updates RFC 4181 [RFC 4181] to bring it into alignment with those
   changes.

2.  Updates to RFC 4181

   The text of RFC 4181 is hereby updated as set forth below to reflect
   the creation of the IETF Trust.

2.1.  Updates to Section 3.7

   In the copyright notice templates in Section 3.7, replace all
   occurrences of "The Internet Society" with "The IETF Trust".

3.  Security Considerations

   The updates in this document have no impact on the security of the
   Internet.

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4.  Normative References

   [RFC 3978] Bradner, S., "IETF Rights in Contributions", BCP 78, RFC
             3978, March 2005.

   [RFC 4748] Bradner, S., "RFC 3978 Update to Recognize the IETF Trust",
             BCP 78, RFC 4748, October 2006.

   [RFC 4181] Heard, C., "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of MIB
             Documents", BCP 111, RFC 4181, September 2005.

Editor's Address

   C. M. Heard
   158 South Madison Ave. #207
   Pasadena, CA 91101-2569
   USA

   Phone: +1 626 795 5311
   EMail: heard@pobox.com

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Full Copyright Statement

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   Internet Society.

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