Kyle Lussier wrote:
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Imagine if the CIO of
Wells Fargo requires Microsoft to be IETF certified, or no more
money from them?
Just imagine. Company X gets "IETF Certified", starts getting business.
Some-one crossposts an email claiming that Company X apps break Mime
specification. Uproar. Moral indignation. IETF revokes
Company X's certification. Company X starts losing business.
Company X unleashes the lawyers.
Imagine, eh?
Additionally, you could, quite simply take 50% of the application
fees, throw them in a mutual fund, and reserve those fees for
the trademark legal defense fund.
Either way, it's something that's got to be done, somehow someway.
Kyle Lussier
AutoNOC LLC