On 15/08/2012 07:24, Eliot Lear wrote:
John,
On 8/15/12 12:03 AM, John E Drake wrote:
Hi,
Does this document actually have a purpose, and if so, what is it?
To me (and I speak only for me here), the purpose of this document is to
articulate principles that have made the Internet a success. It is a
means to invite others to subscribe to those same principles, and there
are many standards organizations that do not. Customers and society can
demand better, and this is an avenue for that.
I take it that John's question is really *why* do these principles need to
be articulated in public. Perhaps the IAB should answer that, but my answer
is: because there is a real danger of some SDOs, including but not limited
to the ITU-T, breaking them for a variety of commercial or political reasons.
Brian