On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Dave CROCKER <dhc2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 7/21/2010 3:33 PM, John Levine wrote: >>> >>> You appear to be concerned about exposing the IETF to risk by the >>> adoption of a privacy policy (but apologies if I am misunderstanding >>> the concern you expressed). The absence of a privacy policy, however, >>> actually increases risk to the IETF in at least three ways: >> >> ... none of which applies since >> >> a) the IETF has no formal legal existence > > With creation of the IETF Trust, that is no longer true. There also have > been comments from one or another attorney that the absence of formal legal > formation is not the same as no "formal" legal existence. All of which at > least suggests, once again, that we ought to leave legal pronouncements to > attorneys (and even then, seek a second opinion.) Especially when what is being suggested is an exception to the normal case. In general, the more different a legal situation is, the more important it is to take regular and specific legal advice. A => B does not mean that !A => !B. That is called denying the antecedent. -- Website: http://hallambaker.com/ _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf