Having been in attendance at various IETF committee meetings over the years, a standards committee meeting is a meeting that most everyone involved in related a

Having been in attendance at various IETF committee meetings over the years, a standards committee meeting is a meeting that most everyone involved in related areas of nerdery should attend and experience. At least once. But that's another discussion. Copyrights on standards documents can be permissive or restrictive, and can help or can hinder the acceptance of a standard. This is no different than copyrights explicitly or implicitly present on other documents. Having explicit copyright statements is almost always better than having no explicit copyrights; you know where you stand with respect to the contents of the document.