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Re: I-D.farrresnickel-harassment - timebomb

"Dan Harkins" <dharkins@lounge.org> Thu, 19 March 2015 21:08 UTC

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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:08:13 -0700
Subject: Re: I-D.farrresnickel-harassment - timebomb
From: Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org>
To: Michael StJohns <mstjohns@comcast.net>
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On Thu, March 19, 2015 12:54 pm, Michael StJohns wrote:
> Version -06 of draft-farresnickel-harassment has this small phrase that
> was added in this version:
>
>>   Any definition of harassment prohibited by an applicable law can be
>>   subject to this set of procedures.
>
> I find "prohibited by an applicable law" to be somewhat problematic and
> overreaching.
>
> This should be removed.  If something is a violation of applicable law,
> then the folks responsible for that law should deal with it, not us.  We
> should be dealing with harassment that impinges on the IETFs creation of
> standards and not with harassment that has little or no nexus with the
> IETF.

  +1

  If the harassment falls under the purview of some legal authorities
we should disengage and let the legal process sort itself out.

  regards,

  Dan.

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