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Re: [Ianaplan] Process concern regarding the IETF proposal development process

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Mon, 26 January 2015 03:09 UTC

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On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 09:51:55PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> 
> No... that's not crystal clear.  What's crystal clear is that the WG
> leadership, and a majority of participants, felt that it was beyond its
> charter to comment on legal and contractual issues, and didn't want to get
> into them.

I guess we disagree about this.  I will say, however, that the idea
that a WG could negotiate a contract seems to me a little optimistic.
As I understand it, that very difficulty is the reason the IETF came
up with the IAOC in the first place.

Best regards,

A

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