[Last-Call] Re: Last Call: <draft-halpern-gendispatch-antitrust-08.txt> (Antitrust Guidelines for IETF Participants) to Informational RFC

[Adrian Farrel <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to Joel and Jay for working on this document. It would be useful to have it published as an RFC.

 

Non-nits:

 

People are often confused by side meetings, bar BoFs, and corridors. It might be helpful to clarify that:

- antitrust applies everywhere and to everyone 

- antitrust in an IETF context applies to any behaviour related to IETF activity or the production of IETF specifications.

 

It would be helpful to give advice about avoiding the appearance or accusation of antitrust behaviour. Viz, hold conversations in public fora.

 

Nits:

 

Introduction. Final sentence.

"intended"? Does it ir doesn’t it?

"falls within"? I don't think behaviour falls within a policy. Maybe "covered by"?

 

Section 2.1

"these kinds of legal issues" You haven’t mentioned and legal issues, just the names applied in so.e jurisdictions.

 

Section 2.1

You say that the terms are used synonymously twice.

Perhaps you wanted to emphasise the point, but you could delete the 1st sentance and s/here/in this document/ 

 

Section 2.2

"says [DOJ]" and "[EC] states" is slightly inconsistent

 

Section 2.3

"problematic antitrust behavior" (twice)

Why do you include the word "problematic"? Is it OK to engage in antitrust behavior so long as it is not "problematic"?

 

Section 2.3 (possibly not a nit)

Isn't the second point that the IETF must avoid liability from being complicit in or facilitating antitrust behaviour? This is a bit lost in "even if".

 

Section 3

"The IETF framework that participants engage in their individual capacity"

Possibly s/in/in in/

 

Section 4

s/3 above./3./

 

Section 4

Bullets missing periods

 

Cheers,

Adrian

 

 

 

 

 

On 17/05/2024 21:16 BST The IESG <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

 

The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the

following document: - 'Antitrust Guidelines for IETF Participants'

<draft-halpern-gendispatch-antitrust-08.txt> as Informational RFC

 

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Abstract

 

 

This document provides education and guidance for IETF participants

on compliance with antitrust laws and how to reduce antitrust risks

in connection with IETF activities.

 

 

 

 

The file can be obtained via

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-halpern-gendispatch-antitrust/

 

 

 

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