The IETF Golden Rules

[Jacob Palme <jpalme at dsv.su.se>]

I have written an Internet Draft on the IETF Golden Rules
which may be very controversial.

Abstract:

This memo presents the following rules, which to some
extend can be regarded as the golden rules of IETF, even
though there are exceptions when these rules should not be
adhered to.

- Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what
  you send
- Do not munge forwarded data
- Modify as late as possible
- Cause no harm
- Leave nothing undefined
- Keep it simple, stupid
- No voting, rough consensus
- Plain ASCII text is enough

I have started a mailing list to discuss this draft, so that
people not interested don't have to participate.

To subscribe to the mailing list, go to
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Do not comment on the draft in ietf at ietf.org or
discuss at apps.ietf.org, use the new mailing list.
--
Professor Jacob Palme <jpalme at dsv.su.se> (Stockholm University and KTH)
for more info see URL: http://www.dsv.su.se/jpalme/

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