Andrew,
That is tempting to add to the charter, yes, but I would
like to very strongly encourage folks not to think in
terms of game-playing or subtleties for an IETF working
group charter.
I think putting this in the charter is a sure-fire way of
getting people to take aim at the charter and shooting down
the wg proposal.
"putting this"? what does the 'this' refer to.
How about making the first milestone a working group decision
on IPR? As in, the wg is to decide either no licensed IPR, or
licensed IPR compatible with an explicit list of software
licenses, or any licensed IPR.
That sounds fine, except that it won't work .
Better still, it will probably introduce a time-consuming
rathole.
You are suggesting that the working group set some sort of
abstract policy on a topic about which the working group, as a
while, has little expertise (IPR) and in the absence of any
specific IPR-related details on which it would be basing such a
decision.
The sort of decision you are suggesting comes about when there is
specific proposed specification and a broad community review of
it.
d/
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