TSG wrote:
The creation of a standard *** should *** have
nothing to do with IP rights or licensing. The creation of any standard
should JUST be based on whether proper vetting happened and whether the
minimum number of ports was created and formally tested for
interoperability. Anyone - and I mean ANYONE should be able to get a
Standard by making the steps happen.
May I ask what would such Standards be useful for? In particular,
since the IETF is committed to making *Internet* Standards, I wonder
why private standards should be developed within the IETF rather than
more general organizations such as, e.g., the ISO.
The term "private standards" is used above to mean norms or
requirements whose use is restricted to individuals or organizations
that have entered a specific agreement with the rights holders. The
Internet is totally extraneous to that kind of operations, and
historical evidence suggests that it would never have emerged
otherwise. Current ISOC initiatives for Internet access mention that
Regulatory impediments to internetworking, onerous licensing
requirements and other regulatory and policy factors can slow
or prevent Internet growth.
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/mission/initiative/access.shtml
Using the Internet is not mandatory: it's free. If you don't like it,
you may just keep clear of it.
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