On 19 Sep 2008, at 07:52, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:35:20PM -0400, > Joe Abley <jabley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote > a message of 31 lines which said: > >> I think the *whole point* of a standard is to restrict how things >> are done, in order to promote interoperability. Complaining about >> such restrictions makes no sense to me if interop is a desired goal > > The IETF has no such power: no one is forced to follow the RFC and no > one is forced to follow them correctly. This limit of the IETF process > is well-known and that's why I simply do not understand the IPR WG > frenzy to add new unenforceable rules. I hear what you (and others) are saying, and I think I have just reminded myself why I have always studiously avoided conversations involving acronyms such as "IPR". To paraphrase Microsoft Exchange, "Joe Abley would like to withdraw his message". Joe _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf