> It is perfectly fine to review a specification, understand the intent of > the original designer, and suggest ways to better achieve the same > result. That is exactly what working groups are supposed to do. It is > also perfectly fine, if the original designer won't change their design, > to publish an alternative design that hopefully works better, and then > rely on market forces to sort it out. But it is not fine to try to > prevent the original designer from actually shipping products, either by > preventing publication of the specification or by trying to prevent > deployment. On the contrary, it is our duty to do all of these things. What is not fine is for participants to expect IETF to lend its support to bad designs.