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[Steve Crocker] "How the Internet Got its Rules"
http://slashdot.jp/~taro-nishino/journal/472518
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In 1969 a key was taken by S. Crocker (then at UCLA) in establishing the Request for Comments (or RFC) sereies of Notes.

These memos were intended to be an informal fast distribution way to share ideas with other network researchers.

At first the RFCs were printed on paper and distributed via snail mail.

(Brief History of the Internet)