On 02/08/2016 02:36, Eggert, Lars wrote:
Hi,
On 2016-08-01, at 15:44, Livingood, Jason
<Jason_Livingood(_at_)comcast(_dot_)com> wrote:
What if, in some future state, a given working group had a code repository
and the working group was chartered not just with developing the standards
but maintaining implementations of the code?
as an addition to developing specs, that might be useful, if the spec remains
the canonical standards output.
"Go read the code" is not a useful answer if the code comes under a license
(such as GPL) that taints the developer.
This is a *very* important point. If an IETF WG sponsors code development, it
needs to
be under an IETF-friendly licence. One way is to post it as an I-D. Another way
is the
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" or "FreeBSD" License. GPL is not a useful option.
Brian
(This is a major reason what we are doing IETF specs for DCTCP and CUBIC - so
that they can be implemented without needing to
read Linux kernel code.)
Lars