[AVTCORE] Normative reference discussion

[Stephan Wenger <[e-mail]>]

All:

At the just completed interim call, I tried to raise awareness of those interested in normatively referencing traditional SDO specs (such as the MPEG specs, other ISO specs, IEEE specs or ANSI specs).  To be clear, the resolution that has been found to the defects that were pointed out during the last call is, to me, acceptable.  That said, even with this resolution, the soon-to be RFC is yet another step away from the traditional understanding of what an open standard, or an open standards process, is.

As said, I find the resolution found sensible, and therefore do not see a need for immediate action.  However, this is surely not the last initiative of its kind, and there may come a time when the normative referencing by IETF documents of standards the creating SDOs charge money for, or that have associated patents with royalty bearing terms, or other similar conditions, may become difficult or impossible.

The (very long) mailing list thread currently stops here: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/last-call/?q=bcp97bis

Here’s the (very short) draft that was last-called: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kucherawy-bcp97bis/

Stephan