--On Monday, January 26, 2009 10:42 AM -0800 Dave CROCKER
<dhc2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> That list could be pre-populated with email addresses from
>> all current IETF lists to which the "note well" has been sent.
> That would seem to defeat the apparent purpose of this new
> list, namely distinct and explicit acknowledgment of the
> IPR policy.
> There is a difference between passing a Note Well past someone
> who is focussing on some other task, such as contributing to a
> technical discussion, versus having subscription be solely for
> the purpose of acknowledging the IPR policy.
Such an opt-in list would also constitute a de facto IETF
Membership list which, for various reasons, we have carefully
avoided in the past.
> ps. I'm not commenting on the efficacy of doing this separate
> list, merely trying to be clear about its differential
> semantics.
Ditto about the consequences.
john
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