Re: Defining the term SPONSOR for the IETF

Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> Sat, 22 December 2007 18:10 UTC

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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
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Cc: IETF Discussion <ietf@ietf.org>, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ <jordi.palet@consulintel.es>
Subject: Re: Defining the term SPONSOR for the IETF
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On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 09:42:14AM -0800, TS Glassey wrote:
> So then Ted isnt the IETF WG list isnt the place where matters without a WG 
> are discussed? Is that true? Seems to me that the IETF cannot do that 
> without creating a new home for projects without a WG.

The IPR WG does exist.  So discussions about IPR-related matters
should be taken there.  If they, however, decide that they don't need
to define a term like "Sponsor", and rule it out of scope on for the
IPR working group, that doesn't mean that it is fair game for the IETF
list.

Regards,

					- Ted

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