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Re: Affirmation of the Modern Global Standards Paradigm

Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net> Wed, 15 August 2012 12:38 UTC

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On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:16 PM, John E Drake wrote:

>> I take it that John's question is really *why* do these principles need
>> to be articulated in public. Perhaps the IAB should answer that, but my
>> answer
>> is: because there is a real danger of some SDOs, including but not
>> limited to the ITU-T, breaking them for a variety of commercial or
>> political reasons.
> 
> JD:  And how does this document prevent this abuse?

Of course a document by itself, even if it contains the nicest principles, cannot prevent abuse. 
So, see it rather as a writeup that tries to capture the understanding of a number of SDOs.

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