[RTW] Codec standardization (Re: [dispatch] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-alvestrand-dispatch-rtcweb-protocols-00)

[Timothy B. Terriberry]

> WRT IPR issues: I think we just have to push forward on the assumption
> that all IPR holders who are part of the process will do their duty and
> disclose any relevant IPR, and hope that IPR held by nonparticipants in
> the process is not serious enough to cause us to regret our decision.

We don't have to limit ourselves to just hope (and in this case I think 
it would be a bad idea). There are processes in other non-IETF standards 
organizations to address patents held by nonpaticipants as well (for 
example, a W3C PAG).