Re: Current mailbombing is instigated by FSF

[Alessandro Vesely <[e-mail]>]

TSG wrote:
> The creation of a standard *** should *** have 
> nothing to do with IP rights or licensing. The creation of any standard 
> should JUST be based on whether proper vetting happened and whether the 
> minimum number of ports was created and formally tested for 
> interoperability. Anyone - and I mean ANYONE should be able to get a 
> Standard by making the steps happen.

May I ask what would such Standards be useful for? In particular, 
since the IETF is committed to making *Internet* Standards, I wonder 
why private standards should be developed within the IETF rather than 
more general organizations such as, e.g., the ISO.

The term "private standards" is used above to mean norms or 
requirements whose use is restricted to individuals or organizations 
that have entered a specific agreement with the rights holders. The 
Internet is totally extraneous to that kind of operations, and 
historical evidence suggests that it would never have emerged 
otherwise. Current ISOC initiatives for Internet access mention that

   Regulatory impediments to internetworking, onerous licensing
   requirements and other regulatory and policy factors can slow
   or prevent Internet growth.
   http://www.isoc.org/isoc/mission/initiative/access.shtml

Using the Internet is not mandatory: it's free. If you don't like it, 
you may just keep clear of it.