On 19 Oct 2007 at 10:30 +1300, Brian E Carpenter allegedly wrote: > On 2007-10-19 05:47, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: > > What I would suggest is that new working groups be required to > > specify the governing IPR rules in their charter, these would be > > either that all IPR must be offered according to an open grant on > > W3C terms or that the working group specifies at the outset that > > RAND terms are acceptable. > > Violent disagreement. That would make all kinds of a priori > processes kick in for employees of patent-conscious companies, and > generally inhibit free discussion of initial ideas. Although it's > messier to confront patent issues later in the process, I believe > that is much better than constraining participation at the > beginning. +1 Otherwise you get into battles over theory and ideology without any of the information you need to make a decision. You will still be able to take your stance once the technical tradeoffs are worked out. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf