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Re: [spf-discuss] SPF Council requests additional information from SPF Community on if IAB appeal is appropriate

2006-02-06 14:58:09
On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Jeff Macdonald wrote:

Your reasoning forcefully explains why "reuse abuse" is technically
and morally wrong (so what else is new with M$).  However, it doesn't
explain how another appeal is going to improve the situation.

I don't see how doing nothing isn't going to improve the situation either.

It gets an experimental RFC published sooner.

If by losing the battle you mean SPF doesn't get published as an
Experimental RFC, then yes, because it is the right thing to do. I want
the books to show how corporate interests are favored no matter how
technically flawed they may be.

I don't portray all corporations as evil.  However, particular corporations
can certainly earn that reputation.  The moral problem you are referring
to is favoring the rich (not necessarily "corporate interests") over the poor
in judgement (and while the jurisdiction is technical, the IETF, IESG, IAB et
al function as a court).  Sometimes there is the opposite problem of favoring
the poor over the rich in judgement (e.g. suing corporations or billionaires
for your own stupidity, the "deep pockets" theory).  Courts ought to be
impartial.

And if we do lose experimental status, is that really all that bad? Do
we not have adopters without this?

If M$ is also denied an RFC, this wouldn't be so bad.  The worst
case would be SPF is denied, SenderID is published.  Presto,
conflict resolved. :-(  Perhaps this is what they are aiming for,
hence the "Sender-ID is the successor to SPF" FUD.

All I've seen is speculation. Let's find out what will happen and use
it to learn from.

We already did one level of appeal.  Did we learn from that?

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