RFC 4014
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RFC 4041
Title: Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area Drafts
Author(s): A. Farrel
Status: Informational
Date: 1 April 2005
Mailbox: adrian@olddog.co.uk
Pages: 8
Characters: 15249
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-farrel-rtg-morality-requirements-01.txt
URL: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4041.txt
It has often been the case that morality has not been given proper consideration in the design and specification of protocols produced within the Routing Area. This has led to a decline in the moral values within the Internet and attempts to retrofit a suitable moral code to implemented and deployed protocols has been shown to be sub-optimal.
This document specifies a requirement for all new Routing Area Internet-Drafts to include a "Morality Considerations" section, and gives guidance on what that section should contain.
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Comments
It may be the case that the authors of Internet-Drafts have no or few morals. This does not relieve them of their duty to understand the consequences of their actions.
Its nice to see the "Brunner Clause" remains unammended, but the unnotated precedent was established for old media by the Moral Majority and its founders in "Falwell's Principles of Broadcasting Excellence."
However, I believe the explanation for such an exclusion may be found in Sec. 11.
Posted by: jps | April 1, 2005 04:40 PM