Re: [mmox] xxSD working group?

Lawson English <lenglish5@cox.net> Tue, 24 February 2009 21:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [mmox] xxSD working group?
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Jon Watte wrote:
> Meadhbh Hamrick (Infinity) wrote:
>> 3. the charter of this list is rather constrained... it is to attempt 
>> to standardize a protocol that is in wide use (for some definition of 
>> the term "wide".) it 
>
> I thought we all agreed that the charter was *not* to standardize any 
> particular protocol currently in use, because that's an explicit 
> technology bias.
> If that is actually the charter, then I know that a lot of people on 
> this list will have to withdraw.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> jw
>
Does the IETF make up new protocols from scratch, generally? Thought 
"working/implemented code" was part of the deal.


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