+1 -----Original Message----- From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian E Carpenter Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 12:04 PM To: SM Cc: IETF Subject: Re: Draft IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site On 05/09/2012 15:51, SM wrote: ... > > Yes. There has been a request to remove an I-D. > That's an interesting but not very informative statement. In the only case I am personally aware of, in 2006/7, there was a dispute (outside the IETF), with lawyer's letters flying around. Eventually, in a decision supported by the IETF Counsel, not only was an I-D version taken down, but an *earlier* version was put back with an artificially extended expiry date. No court order was involved, and the eventual outcome was a private agreement between the parties (outside the IETF). I think the IESG needs to keep the flexibility to do that, although in all normal circumstances the answer should be "we don't do that." Brian