On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Margaret Wasserman wrote: > I don't know what an antitrust policy is... Could you explain? > > Is this something like a conflict of interest policy? Or is it a policy to avoid situations where we might be engaging in some sort of collusion? I'm not Russ, but I'll try. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trusts: "A combination of firms or corporations for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices throughout a business or an industry." http://www.thefreedictionary.com/antitrust: "Opposing or intended to regulate business monopolies, such as trusts or cartels, especially in the interest of promoting competition" While the EU doesn't use the word "antitrust" or "trust" - that is indeed US - it promotes competition. I would understand that the US and EU intent is largely similar, although it is stated from the opposite direction. In the IETF, I would expect that an antitrust policy would prevent individual companies or blocks of companies from controlling decisions or processes that might have the effect of preventing or discriminating against competition. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf