On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:16 PM, John E Drake wrote:
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.
JD: And how does this document prevent this abuse?
Of course a document by itself, even if it contains the nicest principles,
cannot prevent abuse.
So, see it rather as a writeup that tries to capture the understanding of a
number of SDOs.