Re: legal consultation (was List moderator action)

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 06 May 2026 20:37 UTC

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Regards/Ngā mihi
    Brian Carpenter

On 07-May-26 07:56, Rob Sayre wrote:
> Hi, I wrote it up:
> 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sayre-gendispatch-derivative/ <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sayre-gendispatch-derivative/>
> 
> I'm happy for anyone to take that off my hands and create a derivative work.
> 
> In off-list discussion, it was clarified that Section 3 and Section 4 are non-normative.

draft-carpenter-gendispatch-anachronisms-05 now notes that IESG Statements are not mentioned in our basic process documents. That doesn't negate their authority, however.

      Brian

> 
> thanks,
> Rob