If we charged for subscription, we'd have to make sure that the archives became available for free eventually; otherwise we're a lot less open to peer review. Even with that, charging for subscription sounds like a nightmare; we'd have people missing important messages because their credit cards expired at just the wrong time.Choosing to charge for things like I-D authorship or mailing list posting (or subscription) carries some practical challenges.
Charging for posting will reduce feedback from outside the WG. Besides, it sounds a lot like solving the spam problem. ;-)
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