Re: [Gendispatch] I-D Action: draft-halpern-gendispatch-antitrust-01.txt

Tony Rutkowski <rutkowski.tony@gmail.com> Mon, 22 November 2021 23:30 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] I-D Action: draft-halpern-gendispatch-antitrust-01.txt
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The situation here oddly resembles vaccination.  The legal professionals
recommend a course of action to protect the organization and participants
against antitrust "infection." The libertarian antitrust anti-vaxers
question the need or object. Responsible behaviour should prevail.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021, 5:54 PM John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

> It appears that Joel M. Halpern  <jmh@joelhalpern.com> said:
> >While there are some participants for whom competition law is not an
> >issue, there are many participants for whom it is an issue.
>
> Regardless of whether some individual IETFers think it's a problem,
> if we got into a situation where the US or EU were sending us subpoenas
> or asking detailed questions about our practices and looking for
> suspicious comments in the mailing lists, it would be a problem for
> everyone, no matter where you live or who you work for.
>
> I agree that a minor update to the Note Well seems like a reasonable
> approach.
>
> R's,
> John
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