it seems to be a real bad idea to let people actually remove
any type of IPR statement that might have been relied upon
by a WG in any way and since its hard to figure out if
thats the case, it seems like a real bad idea to let someone
remove a IPR statement at all
having a way for someone (properly verified) to mark the statement
as no longer in effect (with a reason as to why) might be OK
except that I find it hard to see why the IETF would want to
make it easier for an IPR holder to mislead a WG on the IPR
holder's intentions ('you can have it' 'oops, I did not mean that')
there could be a real issue if someone who did not have the
authority to do so committed a IPR holder to specific IPR
terms (like free) but that seems to be a problem for the
IPR holder to deal with internally since I'm far from sure
what the legal precident is for that sort of thing
Scott
_______________________________________________
Ietf@xxxxxxxx
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf