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Re: [rtcweb] Matthew's response to straw poll

"cb.list6" <cb.list6@gmail.com> Fri, 20 December 2013 14:43 UTC

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On Dec 20, 2013 3:39 AM, "Harald Alvestrand" <harald@alvestrand.no> wrote:
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> On 12/20/2013 07:17 AM, cowwoc wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You bring up a good point: at least 50% of this decision is legal in
nature, yet no one bothered consulting a lawyer. Personally I think that
people care more about the politics than legality, but still...
>
>
> I believe that lawyers have been consulted. But I'd be surprised to see
anyone quoting their lawyer's advice verbatim in public, for multiple
reasons.
>
> The tradition of the IETF is that participants speak for themselves; it
is not the tradition of the IETF to bring in those who you consult in order
to have them speak on your behalf (except when filing IPR statements).
>
>
>

+1 for the tradition. And, lawyers have been consulted, that is why it is a
legal issue and big name positions fall where they do.

Very dangerous territiry. Skype's lawyer is not your lawyer and does not
represent your interests in your relevant jurisdiction.

The ietf always punts on legal issues, and it is best that way. It stinks
because anyone can introduce FUD.

The ietf is not a patent cartel like 3gpp and mpeg.

CB

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