On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 04:01:37PM -0400, Dean Anderson allegedly wrote: > The IPR policy (controversial as it might be), has nothing to do with who > can post to an IETF list. There is no reasonable basis to limit posts > because a person is involved in other groups. It has nothing to do with > any so-called 'emphasis on design teams and directorates', which seems to > be little more than a codeword for suppression of certain viewpoints. Go back and look at Phillip's original message. The complaint about democracy was not about posting rights. Enclosed: > > I disagree with any requirement imposed by a working group chair who > > believes he is not accountable to the group. I do not think that the > > way an IPR regime should be specified is a unilateral statement from > > the chair that a decision has been taken. > > > > An IPR policy should not be something that members of a group > > discover when they are told it has been imposed from above. > > > > > > What happened to open and inclusive?