Paul Vixie <vixie@xxxxxxx>: > mr. raymond's claims of representation don't > help me and might, by creating misunderstanding amongst the consumers of > "open source" software, hurt me. Let's put an end to these far-reaching interpretations of "representation", which are a product of Mr. Schryer's fevered brain overinterpreting my original statement. Originally, somebody asked that the open-source community get its act together about what acceptable patent-license terms would be. I said this: if IETF wants to know what form of patent license will be acceptable to the open-source community, the people to ask are Richard Stallman (representing FSF) and myself (representing OSI). Between us (and especially if we agree), I believe we can speak *with regard to this question* for 95% of the open-source community. This does not make either of us power-mad dictators intent on domination, just most peoples' recognized experts on what constitutes an acceptable open-source license. If either Mr. Schryer or yourself chooses not to be considered part of that "most people", fine -- the fact remains there are an awful damn lot of developers expecting RMS and myself to *do* *this* *job* so they don't have to. Cripes. It'd be easier trying to serve a gang of baboons, sometimes... -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf