Excerpts from Thomas Narten on Fri, Feb 13, 2009 03:30:41PM -0500: > > I definitely agree that the IETF could use some sort of permanent > > legal IPR consulting board that WG's could go to and say 'we have > > this IPR filing, what does it mean, and what is the likely impact on > > our work'. > > Please don't go there. > > IPR consultation is all about risk analysis. And risk to the IETF > vs. risk to me personally vs. risk to my employer vs. risk to somebody > else's employer, etc. All are VERY different things. We tried the idea and came to those conclusions. All the board could do would be to utter platitudes. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf