>Rather than trying to set up rules that cover all hypothetical developments, I would suggest >a practical approach. In our process, disputes are materialized by an appeal. Specific legal >advice on the handling of a specific appeal is much more practical than abstract rulemaking. +1 This has the admirable advantage of waiting until there is an actual problem to address, rather than trying to guess what has not happened in the past 30 years but might happen in the future. R's, John _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf