Re: RFC 5241 on Naming Rights in IETF Protocols

Just publish an RFC that contains the names of popular celebrities,  
and use Google ads. The IETF site should do well in link-rankings...

A number of non-IETF sites already make money off RFCs courtesy of  
Google ads.

On Apr 1, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Richard Shockey wrote:

> Can this be extended to WG naming rights as well. :-)
>
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> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
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>        RFC 5241
>
>        Title:      Naming Rights in IETF Protocols
>        Author:     A. Falk, S. Bradner
>        Status:     Informational
>        Date:       1 April 2008
>        Mailbox:    falk@bbn.com,
>                    sob@harvard.edu
>        Pages:      12
>        Characters: 25304
>        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None
>
>        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5241.txt
>
> This document proposes a new revenue source for the IETF to support
> standardization activities: protocol field naming rights, i.e., the
> association of commercial brands with protocol fields.  This memo
> describes a process for assignment of rights and explores some of the
> issues associated with the process.  Individuals or organizations that
> wish to purchase naming rights for one or more protocol fields are
> expected to follow this process.  This memo provides information for  
> the
> Internet community.
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