RE: How IETF treats contributors

I agree with: 

"This isn't suppose to be an ego trip. If people really think the documents
are important, they don't need their names on them.  If they need their name
on it, they are doing it for the wrong reasons."

	Not to mention the spirit of removing authorship. In reality I feel
like this amounts to removing the title or something else that is so
obviuosly a part of a document. Certainly there is no shame in being proud
of your work, and nobody can help but feel a little miffed when something
they did may have been overlooked. Seems fairly possible however that the
people who are most interested in this subject probably know what really
maters, and one way or another EVERYONE on the IETF list now knows. The
solutions to these kinds of problems have always been in your hands, and YOU
are empowered when you choose not to care....or at least let something get
under your skin.

	Isn't the point here that EVERYONE hates spam?

-Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: ietf-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of John
Day
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 4:06 PM
To: Hadmut Danisch; ietf@ietf.org
Subject: Re: How IETF treats contributors

The best solution is to remove all authorship from all Internet standards,
then there will be no problems.  This isn't suppose to be an ego trip. If
people really think the documents are important, they don't need their names
on them.  If they need their name on it, they are doing it for the wrong
reasons.

You don't find authors on the output of the standards groups.  The most you
will find is a list of the membership at the time of approval.

Take care,
John

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