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

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 13 June 2019 14:21 UTC

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Deen, Glenn (NBCUniversal) <Glenn.Deen@nbcuni.com> wrote:
    > However, and I do hate to raise this, but some SDOs are now not only
    > paywall restricting but restricting due to geo-political issues, do we
    > need to also flag and warn about cited references that are blocked from
    > regional or even organizational access?

    > For a practical example. CTA has blocked access to Huawei due to the
    > BIS directive.

This is a result, as far as I understand, of their publication being
restricted.  If it were open and free available, they wouldn't have to block.

Maybe we shouldn't cite them.  maybe they have made themselves irrelevant.

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