Re: Software as Goods... - UCC Article 9, def #44

[Graham Murray <graham at gmurray.org.uk>]

Todd Glassey <tglassey at earthlink.net> writes:

> But hey, I could be wrong, except this is so important an issue, if I
> am wrong the IETF should formally document that by having its counsel
> represent that the IETF's IP's and processes as an American Corporate
> Entity is not controlled by US Law, but I am betting money that Jorge
> wont...

Therein lies what is probably the "root" of the problem - that IETF is
an American Corporate Entity. The Internet and IETF are international in
scope, and IETF has members and contributors from many countries. So is
it right that the Internet standards authority's processes are subject
the rules of a single (albeit very large) jurisdiction? What is the
status (in terms of incorporation, IP rights of contributors,
jurisdiction of processes etc) of other international technical
standards bodies such as ISO, ITU, CENELEC, ECMA, ETSI etc., are they
bound by the rules of a single state?

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