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[Mod-discuss] Re: Moderator Team Procedures - For Community Input

John Levine <johnl@ietf.email> Sat, 24 October 2026 06:51 UTC

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It appears that Simon Josefsson  <simon@josefsson.org> said:
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>Bron Gondwana <brong=40fastmailteam.com@dmarc.ietf.org> writes:
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>>  • Repeated inclusion of derivative rights notices
>>    • As per the IESG statement <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-clarifying-derivative-works-rights/>
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>I believe censoring e-mails due to legal disclaimers is out of scope of
>what the moderators team ought to be doing and having a policy about.

Um, "derivative rights notices" and "legal disclaimers" are not even
sort of the same thing.  The IESG has made it quite clear that the
rights notices are forbidden.

>Taking a legal position on a particular interpretation of IETF legal
>policies carry a risk, both for IETF and the people on the moderator
>team.  Especially related to legal interpretations that are under
>dispute, and one that have implications for the reputation of the IETF.

I don't find this kind of FUD to be useful.  The point is to forbid
such notices exactly because we don't want to try to interpret them.

R's,
John

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