IETF mission boundaries (Re: IESG proposed statement on the IETF mission )

[Eric Rosen]

> The gist of this comment is that someone developing a network
> application protocol ought to somehow get a blessing from the IETF. 
> Reality check. Who got the IETF approval to deploy ICQ, Kazaa, or for
> that matter HTTP? 

The fact  that someone  did something without  the IETF's approval  does not
imply that  what they did is  outside the scope of  the IETF, or  that it is
beyond the IETF's mission.