For the same reason that people publish in conferences and journals --
experimental RFCs are peer-reviewed and accessible via a stable
mechanism.
If experimental RFCs are peer-reviewed, that means they require a kimd
of approval. Others have expplained how this approval has an effect
on the public. I'm saying that the IETF should not give this
approval to patent-restricted practices.
Based on what you've said, the IETF could stop publishing experimental
RFCs and say "Submit it to a journal instead," and there would be
little loss.
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