Re: [Add] [Ext] Draft Posting: CNAME Discovery of Local DoH Resolvers

[Tony Rutkowski <[e-mail]>]

Hi Rob et al.,

The concern was raised on open mike at the #107 IETF Plenary. All 
standards bodies have antitrust exposure.  Most recognize that exposure 
and have explicit practices and programs dedicated to reducing it.  
Standards making by definition is an antitrust conspiracy.

The "followup" usually occurs through actions by competition authorities 
and judicial litigation.  The IETF's exposure over the years has been 
significant, but ignored and mollified by insurance coverage and a 
"fuzzied" organization, coupled with circumspect affiliations of actors, 
and non-profit devises.  As the anticompetitive behaviour has increased 
in recent years, and judging by recent actions underway, the IETF 
antitrust "free pass" is probably coming to an end, and the new IETF 
Trust LLC should be demonstrating due diligence.  Organizations, 
companies, and individual are potentially culpable.

Yes, the followup should be interesting indeed.

--tony

On 7/3/2020 1:22 AM, Rob Sayre wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 4:04 PM Paul Vixie <[e-mail] 
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>     On Wednesday, 1 July 2020 22:56:22 UTC Tony Rutkowski wrote:
>     > Hi Paul,
>     >
>     > Any view on a matter raised at the recent IAB session - to what
>     extent
>     > are the behaviors here anticompetitive?
>     >
>     > --amr
>
>     i am not a lawyer, but i am a lay expert on antitrust law...
>
>
> This sounds very interesting. I'd love to hear the followup on this 
> one. :)
>
> cheers,
> Rob
>