From: Kent Landfield (kent@landfield.com)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 07:58:56 CDT
#
# Dennis SCP <dennis.scp@multiweb.nl> writes:
#
# > 6.12. Archive
#
# > This optional header expresses the poster's (legal) wish to
# > limit the time during which the posting may be publicly accessible by
# > stating "Archive: no".
#
# It's presumptive of us to claim that it's a legal wish. This is not a
# document of law and none of us are (to my knowledge) lawyers. The actual
# legal status of these sorts of requests is, at the least, disputed and
# jurisdiction-dependent. Please don't use the term legal.
I totally agree with Russ! This is an advisory header. That has been discussed
multiple times by many people. You are the first person to want to make it legal.
# > After this wish a date may be specified, either demanding the maximum
# > date of availability or requesting a minimal date of availability. If
# > no date is specified than a maximum duration of 100 days after the
# > posting date SHOULD be honored.
#
# I see no difference between this and Expires; with this definition, the
# header seems fully redundant with Expires and people should just use
# Expires instead.
I'm not sure which it would be with this definition. I was under the impression
we were going to not worry about the filename and date parameter usage for this
version of the draft.
-- Kent Landfield Phone: 1-817-545-2502 Email: kent@landfield.com http://www.landfield.com/ Search the Usenet FAQ Archive at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ Search the RFC/FYI/STD/BCP Archive at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/