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Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Wed, 25 February 2026 22:37 UTC

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On 25/02/2026 21:50, Salz, Rich wrote:
> You misunderstand what “addressed” means here. A perfectly
> reasonable response is “the issue has been discussed by the WG and
> they still want to move forward.” As another recent example, the
> LAMPS WG went ahead even though one participant (repeatedly:) raised
> patent concerns.
> 

Despite me not wanting to see this document published, Rich is correct
here. There are always judgement calls required and one participant
being convinced there's a fatal flaw in something is not sufficient
in itself to block that thing. If a participant convinces others of
the fatality of the flaw, that may be different, but if something is
generally contentious, (as in this case), a claim of a fatal flaw
by itself blocks nothing.

Cheers,
S.

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