In general, not a bad approach. However, does a valid amendment include the statement "this IPR declaration is now null and void, since the technology did not make it into the targeted standard"? This would resolve the issue of having IPR declarations just hanging out there, for technology that never made it into a standard. Regards, Chuck ------------- Chuck Powers, Motorola, Inc phone: 512-427-7261 mobile: 512-576-0008 > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Paul Hoffman > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 12:16 PM > To: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Removal of IETF patent disclosures? > > It seems like there is a lot of concern about removals, and > some concern about original publication of spam, drivel, and > duplicate notices. Here is a proposal for a way forward: > > 1) Original submissions to the IPR repository are moderated, > but only to prevent publication of spam and drivel. If the > moderator (who should probably be a NomCom-appointed person > such as the IETF chair or IAB chair) sees what appears to be > a duplicate notice, that person can ask the poster if they > really meant to publish the duplicate notice; if so, it gets > published. > > 2) Once published, a notice is never removed. A notice can, > however, later be amended. Amendments are attached to the > published notice. > > 3) All amendments that the moderator considers to come from > the original poster or from the likely owner of the IPR in > the posting are accepted. > > 4) Other amendments are moderated. The moderator should > (other than in cases of spam or drivel) either post a > relevant amendment or suggest to the amendment's proposer > that the proposer file a different IPR statement that > cross-references this on. > > 5) In case of dispute about posting an amendment, the > moderator should make his/her own amendment summarizing the dispute. > > These are fairly easy to follow and give latitude to the moderator. > Concerns about censorship or incompetence on the part of the > moderator are dealt with fairly easily: the aggrieved party > can send mail to the IETF mailing list. > > Thoughts? > > --Paul Hoffman, Director > --VPN Consortium > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf