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From: "Douglas Otis" <dotis(_at_)mail-abuse(_dot_)org>
To: "Michael Dillon" <michael(_dot_)dillon(_at_)bt(_dot_)com>
Cc: <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>; <ipr-wg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: placing a dollar value on IETF IP.
On Oct 28, 2008, at 8:03 AM, <michael(_dot_)dillon(_at_)bt(_dot_)com>
<michael(_dot_)dillon(_at_)bt(_dot_)com
> wrote:
Interoperability of standards is a hard-won prize, whether in the
IETF or elsewhere. The cost of producing documents is a mere drop in
the bucket. In addition, cost is a very slippery thing to get ahold
of because of the difference between expenses and investments.
Agreed. The prize may go to the influential, rather than being
decided on merit. In the end, it is often about either supporting a
service or the cost of a service. The goal, and not the cost, is what
is important.
Which Doug is why the IETF needs to be totally open and transparent. Let the
market decide on whether a standard gets acceptance or not.
The IETF's process should be totally revamped so that there is NO VOTING on
anything other than what a standard will be for a given initiative when that
initiative is approved. From that point on its only about whether the
standards process meets its interim milestones. There is NO OTHER way to
make the IETF fair for all concerned.
Todd
-Doug
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