Re: Complaint to AD regarding further censorship of MODPOD list

[Chris Box <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, 5 Sept 2025 at 01:26, George Michaelson <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I am writing in a personal capacity.
>
> Please don't make fun of potential or actual litigants on the list.
>

Thank you George for reminding us of this before I had a chance to.

Writing as a moderator of the IETF list, I will strengthen your statement
to say that the Note Well applies to all lists, which incorporates the
following Guidelines for Conduct.

  1. IETF participants extend respect and courtesy to their colleagues
at all times.

  2. IETF participants have impersonal discussions.

  3. IETF participants devise solutions for the global Internet that
meet the needs of diverse technical and operational environments.

  4. Individuals are prepared to contribute to the ongoing work of the group
.


The IETF list in particular has a relatively narrow scope of
acceptable topics, which are described in RFC9245
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9245.html>.


DJ Bernstein, you requested that all subsequent discussion of this
appeal be posted here. I'm currently failing to see on what basis such
discussion would comply with 9245. I would be grateful if you could
describe why you think it's compliant, by sending this to
[e-mail]. Other list members are also welcome to share
their thoughts on this to us, so that the moderator team can come to a
decision on in-or-out-of-scope early next week.


Chris