Re: [antitrust-policy] how does that affect those with no competitive interests?

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> I don't think "never ever talk about anything that anyone might sue
> about" is a concrete solution to anything.

I don't think that's being proposed.

OTOH, not holding discussions that violate anti-trust or competition
law seems like a good idea, and I believe your strawman proposal
includes that idea.

Thanks,
--David

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From: John Levine [[e-mail]]
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 5:27 PM
To: [e-mail]
Cc: Black, David
Subject: Re: [antitrust-policy] how does that affect those with no competitive interests?

>Not exactly. Hypothetically, if an anti-trust suit were filed over a
>decision made in an IETF WG meeting, everyone in that meeting could
>find the legal system intruding into their professional lives.

That's what I summarized as Someone Might Sue.

Here in the US, that's always a hypothetical problem.  Sometimes it's
even a real one, but I don't think it's worth a lot of effort to deal
with unless we have reason to think that there is a concrete problem
that we can solve in a concrete way.

I don't think "never ever talk about anything that anyone might sue
about" is a concrete solution to anything.

R's,
John