RFC 4181 Update to Recognize the IETF Trust

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Copyright Notice

Copyright © 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 [RFC3978] have been published in RFC 4748 [RFC4748]. This document updates RFC 4181 [RFC4181] 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.

4. Normative References

   [RFC3978] Bradner, S., "IETF Rights in Contributions", BCP 78, RFC
             3978, March 2005.
   
   [RFC4748] Bradner, S., "RFC 3978 Update to Recognize the IETF Trust",
             BCP 78, RFC 4748, October 2006.
   
   [RFC4181] Heard, C., "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of MIB
             Documents", BCP 111, RFC 4181, September 2005.

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