Perceived consensus on Problem Doc

todd glassey todd.glassey at worldnet.att.net
Thu Dec 4 08:19:42 CET 2003


Avri - the core issue the IPRights working group was to
deal with was the IP issues. Right? - well if its true
that the current submission model does not provide any
reliable conveyance of "a right to publish the
submitted materials" then the entire process if flamed.

Todd

----- Original Message -----
From: "Avri Doria" <avri at acm.org>
To: <problem-statement at alvestrand.no>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: Perceived consensus on Problem Doc


>
> The Problem document does deal with many of the
issues that are
> inherent in the IETF Standards process.  So while it
does not
> explicitly get into the comparison with other SDO
release processes or
> use the release language of these other SDOs, it does
open the door to
> discussions about the IETF engineering and document
process.  In fact a
> BOF was held and a mailing list established for
discussing the IETF
> Standard process as a result of some of the problem
WG discussions.
>
> As for the IPR issue, there is a WG that focuses
exclusively on IPR
> issues.  I think that would be the right venue for
discussions about
> validating those who submit IPR claims.
>
> a.
>
>
> On onsdag, dec 3, 2003, at 23:37 Asia/Seoul, todd
glassey wrote:
>
> > Avri,
> > You still have not dealt with the issues of the
release
> > process or in validating that anyone submitting IP
to
> > the IETF has the legal ability to do so...
> >
> > Todd
> >
>



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