Re: legal consultation (was List moderator action)

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Fri, 08 May 2026 17:06 UTC

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Subject: Re: legal consultation (was List moderator action)
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"Rob Wilton (rwilton)" <rwilton@cisco.com>:
> I think that I'm with the John Levine solution for this one.  Just stick
the draft/idea on github and don't publish it to IETF as an ID.

I wish it were so, but I think we need these for the meeting minutes, even
if the work is not adopted.

thanks,
Rob