Re: [antitrust-policy] New Version Notification for draft-halpern-gendispatch-antitrust-08.txt

[Jay Daley <[e-mail]>]

Hi Adrian

> On 1 Mar 2024, at 15:24, Adrian Farrel <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Hey Jay,
> 
>>> I think a key piece of advice is missing (yes, I see 4.2). It may be too
>>> obvious, but surely you should be saying "individuals are recommended to
>>> seek legal advice" somewhere highly prominent. For example, lifting and
>>> tweaking a paragraph from BCP79 and placing it at the end of Section 1...
>>> 
>>>  This document is not intended as legal advice.  Readers are advised
>>>  to consult their own legal advisors if they would like a legal
>>>  interpretation of antitrust laws, the risks, and their responsibilities.
>> 
>> Section 4.2 is intended to be exactly that so I’m confused as to why you
>> would apparently dismiss it and then ask for the same thing?  Is it just a
>> matter of where it goes or is the language in 4.2 insufficient or do you
>> think we need both 4.2 and the new text above?
> 
> Did I dismiss it?

That's what I took from "(yes, I see 4.2)" with no further mention of it, but from your response it seems as if that was not the intent so I misunderstood. 

> Maybe it is just the prominence. I wrote my comment having read the Abstract, Introduction, and Section 2. I was starting on Section 3 when the thought occurred.

Thanks - I will talk to my co-author.


On the earlier question of referencing the COIs and whistleblower service, I have conferred with colleagues who note that all the COI policies are easy to find on the web site, (except for one, which we are investigating), and that the whistleblower service is the first result when searching for " IETF whistleblower".  Given that, there’s a strong preference not to have links in the RFC that need to be maintained, or for us to maintain a page at a stable link that then links to these COIs.  However, if you think the effort would be worth it then please let me know.

thanks again 
Jay


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