Re: [apps-discuss] Stewart Bryant's Discuss on draft-ietf-appsawg-rfc5451bis-09: (with DISCUSS)

[Pete Resnick <[e-mail]>]

On 7/3/13 9:15 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote:
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> DISCUSS:
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> This discuss is initially for my colleagues on the IESG.
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> This update to RFC5451 introduces text containing what are almost
> certainly the trade marked names of a number of products. This does not
> seem to be called out in the text, which may be a problem for the trade
> mark owners.
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> My question (to the IESG) is whether this is something that we need to
> worry about, or something that we just leave for the RFC Editor to deal
> with.
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So, two comments on this:

1. Why do you think that the mention of a trademark in a document is 
something we should at all be concerned about? Referring to a product by 
using its trademark name is perfectly reasonable. What problem do you 
have in mind?

2. Are you referring to the products mentioned in section 7? Section 7 
has a note at the top that says, "[RFC Editor: Please delete this 
section prior to publication.]" If those are the trademarks you are 
concerned about, the point is moot since they won't appear in the document.

pr

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