On 04/23/2012 10:36 AM, Yoav Nir wrote:
The ACWG working group is considering proposals for a
higher-bandwidth alternative to RFC 1149. One proposal is to attach
flash chips to the birds' legs. This proposal gets accepted, and
eventually makes it to RFC. Company A implements this new standard,
and then gets sued by Company B, because they have a patent for
attaching flash chips to bird legs. When asked why they're only
mentioning it now, they claim they had never followed the ACWG. The
blue sheets can prove that Bob from Company B was actually at the
meeting.
That's assuming Bob signed the blue shit in the first place (which need
not be the case). Even then, Company A would need to prove that whoever
signed the blue sheet as Bob was really Bob. Also,
* Do companies skim through the attendee list double-checking that
people claiming to be affiliated with Company B, really work for company
B, and complain to the meeting organizers if that's not the case?
* Does signing the blue sheet really mean that you're paying attention
to whatever is being discussed? (rather than, e.g. doing e-mail)
* What about the case in which the same person must be in two meetings
that overlap? (e.g., I've *presented* at overlapping meeting) What
should they do in that that case? Sign all the corresponding blue
sheets? Sign none?
Thanks,
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Fernando Gont
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