Re: Last Call: <draft-farrresnickel-harassment-05.txt> (IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures) to Best Current Practice

Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net> Tue, 10 March 2015 22:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-farrresnickel-harassment-05.txt> (IETF Anti-Harassment Procedures) to Best Current Practice
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Mike, Brian,

>> It would be useful to distribute that written assessment from the 
>> insurance and liability folks to the list or at least publish it.
> 
> In general I am all for such transparency. But actually, I don't
> think it would serve the IETF well in this case to publish the
> analysis of hypothetical litigation - it would simply feed free
> legal advice to hypothetical litigators.

I have asked if we can provide a short statement about this,
while keeping in mind the concern that Brian correctly raises.
Stay tuned.

Jari