Re: .org sale - bidding process

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Fri, 17 January 2020 22:36 UTC

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From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:35:27 -0800
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Subject: Re: .org sale - bidding process
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 2:03 PM Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:

> perhaps "I don't think the IETF list is a good place to discuss the PIR
> transactio" does not have the best cosmetics for a subject where folk
> have expressed concern of discussion suppression.
>

This seems like an argument that really proves too much. Suppose someone
wanted to discuss the US presidential election on the IETF list and then
expressed concern over discussion suppression, would that mean it was bad
optics to suggest that the IETF list wasn't the best place?

-Ekr


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