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Re: Author disclosures and conflict of interest

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Fri, 25 April 2014 17:48 UTC

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On 4/20/2014 10:18 AM, Lawrence Rosen wrote:
> Such a disclosure requirement would further encourage everyone to trust
> and implement IETF specifications.


Probably not.

Although the IETF has participation from the full range of academia, 
research-ia, and industry, it's really and industry-driven environment, 
since successful output of the IETF results in products and services.

The proper model for such an environment is that everyone who 
participates is biased and has an agenda.

Seriously.  Expecting anything is frankly naive.

What mitigates that realistic view is balance among competing biases and 
competing goals, and of course transparency in the processes and in the 
details of what is produced.

Intellectual property is really the only area of potential opacity that 
should (and does) concern us.

Trust in IETF work comes from timely utility, not abstract disclosures.

d/


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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net

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