RE: Stupid question: How are "the rights to represent theSponsor" as codified in BCP78 and BCP79...

[Black_David at emc.com]

Todd:

(1) What EMC's lawyers do wrt my IETF participation is none
	of your business.  This is an instance of attorney-
	client privilege.
(2) The assertion that IETF would have to prove that EMC's
	lawyers have done something is ridiculous.
(3) The assertion that a power of attorney (written legal
	document) is or should be involved in submission of
	Internet-Drafts to IETF is also ridiculous.

Enough,
--David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: todd glassey [mailto:tglassey at earthlink.net] 
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 1:19 PM
> To: Black, David; Simon Josefsson
> Cc: ipr-wg at ietf.org
> Subject: Re: Stupid question: How are "the rights to 
> represent theSponsor" as codified in BCP78 and BCP79...
> 
> David -
> Do EMC's lawyers regularly review the participation 
> requirements in the IETF
> too since they clearly effect them as well, and even if they 
> do, with the
> current processes in place today, how would the IETF be able 
> to prove this?
> 
> My point in asking that rhetorically is that I think there 
> needs to be is a
> formal release between the IETF and the WFH sponsors 
> universally, and this
> doesn't exist now. The other problem is that this also 
> creates a liability
> for the Sponsor's that they have been ducking around by the 
> IETF's claiming
> it doesn't exist.
> 
> The problem is if the Sponsored has legal power of attorney for the
> submission of IP to the IETF then they also carry with that a 
> liability for
> their actions and in fact all the actions in the WG they are part of.
> 
> 
> 
> Todd (IAKAL) Glassey
> 
> **non Lawyer legal disclaimers apply

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