It may be academic since lawsuits can sometimes "cascade", but it is still worth pointing out that the IETF (or its legal arm ISOC), will NOT be signing the agreement, the local host will. I won't comment on the suggestion. ole On Sun, 27 Sep 2009, Dean Willis wrote: > Unfortunately, if my math is right, if the meeting were shut down and > the IETF paid out the damages that such a contract would appear to > require, we'd be bankrupt and China would be our last meeting ever. > > Do you really, really want to run this risk? If so, I suggest we go out > with a bang by making sure we say some really important things, things > worth remembering and telling our grandkids about should we survive to > have any. I'd go to that meeting! > > -- > Dean _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf