Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Sun, 09 August 2020 23:50 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org>, "ietf@ietf.org" <ietf@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language
Thread-Topic: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language
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>      Yet you are of the opinion that there are "exclusionary words" in RFCs
    and we have to do something about it. Huh. OK, let me try another tact.

Sure.  I have an opinion; the IETF doesn't have consensus yet.

>       What is it about a word that makes it "exclusionary" in your opinion?

Not going to get into splitting hairs until we have consensus on the main question.