Alessandro: No. We held a BOF to answer exactly that question. The conclusion was that no new policies were needed, but that educational material was desirable. Russ On Nov 3, 2012, at 7:49 PM, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > On Thu 01/Nov/2012 18:31:47 -0400 Russ Housley wrote: >> A formal policy requires IETF consensus, and it would be published >> as a BCP in the RFC series. > > Isn't that's something the IETF will have do in any case, sooner or later? > > AFAICU, standardization is about establishing the competition rules. > Key concepts, such as open and fair participation to such activity, > are already treated in some BCPs. Why would antitrust be exempted? > >> Please review the FAQ, and if you discover any issues raise them in >> response to this message. > > Technical details of new protocols are an example of competitive > information. When patents are involved, that would belong to the last > bullet of question 3, "procurement and purchasing". Thus, sharing > such info might sound as a precursor to collusion. However, question > 6 cannot be applied to this case. >