Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The IETF Trustees invite your comments on ...

--On Thursday, January 29, 2009 0:58 -0600 Dean Willis
<dean.willis@softarmor.com> wrote:

> The real risk is where some other SDO can hold IETF liable for
> damages induced by the irrational aggrievement of someone who
> contributed to the IETF.

I might add "aggrievement" (rational or otherwise) of someone
who contributed to the work in the IETF and suddenly finds him
or herself unable to obtain a copy of the derived and updated
standard except at a high per-copy price backed by credible
threats of prosecution for illegal copies.  The IESG could
probably figure out ways to head off that particular situation,
which, personally, I'd consider A Good Thing too, but it is
rather a different topic.

> While we can't do much about the
> irrational contributor, we can at least avoid making express
> commitments to indemnify third parties who use our
> pre-5378-note-well specifications. This puts the conflict
> between the irrationally aggrieved party and the third party,
> leaving the IETF out of the shooting, which is a Good Thing.

Yes, exactly.

    john

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