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[antitrust-policy] Proprietary information [An Antitrust Policy for the IETF]

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Sun, 15 January 2012 23:32 UTC

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> IETF meeting participants MUST NOT:

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>  - present or exchange proprietary information; or

I'd like to see this stated in a way that defines what "proprietary
information" means. It's quite common for people to describe proprietary
technology during IETF discussions, RFC 2026 describes how this fits into
the IETF process, and there are numerous RFCs that describe proprietary
technology. What type of proprietary information is problematic?

   Brian

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