Re: IETF Trust FAQ

["todd glassey" <tglassey at earthlink.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harald Alvestrand" <harald at alvestrand.no>
To: "Simon Josefsson" <simon at josefsson.org>
Cc: "Joel M. Halpern" <joel at stevecrocker.com>; "Brian E Carpenter" 
<brc at zurich.ibm.com>; <steven.legg at eb2bcom.com>; "IPR WG" <ipr-wg at ietf.org>; 
"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb at cs.columbia.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: IETF Trust FAQ


> Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > > The Trust issued its FAQ after taking legal advice, and the Trust has
> > > made its interpretation of its own IPR clear via the FAQ.
> >
> > The Trust seem to have done a poor job of convincing the community
> > that their interpretation is correct.  It is not clear whether they
> > considered the problem mentioned in this thread.  Making more of the
> > discussions in the Trust that led to this interpretation available
> > would help them to convince others and build community confidence in
> > that the Trust is working properly.

No Harald, actually what it will do is document that the Trust is running 
open-loop. Its why the Trust as it was set up is and continues to be a bad 
idea.

Its not that the IETF shouldnt have a Trust to manage its IP's - just not 
this Trust.

Todd

> >
> They haven't convinced you. I'm happy.
> Let others speak for themselves.
>
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