At 12:42 26-09-2011, The IESG wrote:
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'The Reasons for Selecting a Single Solution for MPLS-TP OAM'
<draft-sprecher-mpls-tp-oam-considerations-01.txt> as an Informational
RFC
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2011-10-24. Exceptionally, comments may be
Given that previous discussions about MPLS-TP raised a few
controversies, I wondered what this document was about and why it
wasn't a working group document. The document mentions that it is
"intended to explain why it would be unwise to standardize multiple
solutions for MPLS-TP OAM". And the objective is to determine
whether there is IETF Consensus for that.
According the shepherd write-up, this document is an analysis of
wider IETF policy and process. Could the document shepherd please
clarify what he means by that?
In Section 4.3:
"The application layer of the Internet is, however, predicated on a
business model that allows for free or shared software (such as in
open source developments), and is only possible with the existence of
a royalty free codec."
I cannot parse the above sentence.
There were some arguments [1] from an IETF participant:
"The IETF should *NOT* document any comment on any "multiple standards"
developed by other SDOs"
"The IETF should refrain from documenting things that might offend
other SDOs"
I could not find anything offensive. For example, Section 5.3 mentions that:
"Sometimes, customers were obliged to obtain an additional device from
their service providers in order to roam when travelling abroad (for
example, when travelling from Europe to the U.S)."
There is a cost when the user has to work around such issues.
The IETF already has a policy about inter-SDO impact. Quoting
Section 2.2 of RFC 4041:
"[The IETF] must allow for other moral frameworks and fully
respect other people's right to subscribe to other belief
systems. Such people are, however, wrong and doomed to spend
eternity in a dark corner with only dial-up access. So it has
been written."
Regards,
-sm
1. http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg69674.html
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