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Re: [BOFChairs] Proposed IESG statement on referencing documents behind a paywall

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Fri, 14 June 2019 00:11 UTC

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From: Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca>
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Subject: Re: [BOFChairs] Proposed IESG statement on referencing documents behind a paywall
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Toerless Eckert <tte@cs.fau.de> wrote:
    > While this is all useful and i applaud the effort, it wouldn't
    > necessarily be on the top of my list of what i would be worried about:

    > When figuring out whether to depend on a particular external standard,
    > i am less worried about a possible paywall, but primarily about the
    > possible patents or license conditions to adopt the standards content.

This is why the "fill out this form, agree to this ToS", but the price is
"gratis" is actually a bigger problem than a purchase fee.

It is my understanding that employees of some Fortune500 router vendors are
not permitted to click through such things.

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works
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