In article <200009071354.WAA27086@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>, Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> wrote:
Note that BCP9, RFC2026, says:
publication for comments before proceeding further. The RFC Editor is expected to exercise his or her judgment concerning the editorial suitability of a document for publication with Experimental or Informational status, and may refuse to publish a document which, in the expert opinion of the RFC Editor, is unrelated to Internet ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ activity or falls below the technical and/or editorial standard for ^^^^^^^^ RFCs.
I should accept a fact that Jon Postel is really dead.
Yes, the RFC Editor "may refuse". From BCP 14 / RFC 2119: "This word, or the adjective OPTIONAL, mean that an item is truly optional." -- Shields.