Re: placing a dollar value on IETF IP.

["TS Glassey" <tglassey at earthlink.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Otis" <dotis at mail-abuse.org>
To: "Michael Dillon" <michael.dillon at bt.com>
Cc: <ietf at ietf.org>; <ipr-wg at ietf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: placing a dollar value on IETF IP.


> On Oct 28, 2008, at 8:03 AM, <michael.dillon at bt.com> 
> <michael.dillon at bt.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Interoperability of standards is a hard-won prize, whether in the
> > IETF or elsewhere. The cost of producing documents is a mere drop in
> > the bucket. In addition, cost is a very slippery thing to get ahold
> > of because of the difference between expenses and investments.
>
> Agreed.  The prize may go to the influential, rather than being
> decided on merit.  In the end, it is often about either supporting a
> service or the cost of a service.  The goal, and not the cost, is what
> is important.

Which Doug is why the IETF needs to be totally open and transparent. Let the 
market decide on whether a standard gets acceptance or not.

The IETF's process should be totally revamped so that there is NO VOTING on 
anything other than what a standard will be for a given initiative when that 
initiative is approved. From that point on its only about whether the 
standards process meets its interim milestones. There is NO OTHER way to 
make the IETF fair for all concerned.

Todd

> -Doug
>
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