Okay, Jim. I'll bite. ... Can you please identify the specific laws that lead you to this assertion? It is quite a surprize to me who has spent a couple of decades as a private sector representative attempting to collaborate with very visible US Governement employees in the specification telecommunications protocols. On 27 Mar 2003, at 8:58, Jim Fleming wrote: > 2. It is against the U.S. Federal laws for federally funded people > to work on telecommunication protocols. Greg Ratta, Vice-Chairman, T1S1: Services, Architectures and Signaling Lucent Technologies Tel: +1 732 332 5174, Fax: +1 732 949 1196, gratta@lucent.com