Hi Steven, Thanks, I am learning :) AB On 1/19/13, Steven Bellovin <smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's not listed under the General area because the working group disbanded > when its RFCs were finished. IETF working groups do not last forever; > when their work is done, they're shut down. The last charter is at > https://www.ietf.org/wg/concluded/ipr.html > > As for IETF management support -- Rob Austein and I were the original > chairs. At the time, I was on the IESG and he was on the IAB. Rob > was succeed as co-chair by Harald Alvestrand, the immediate past chair > of the IETF. So yes, it did have full support. > > On Jan 19, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Abdussalam Baryun <abdussalambaryun@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Hi Jorge, >> >> I never heard of this WG, is it a IETF WG, why it is not under the >> General Area. This is very strange, when checking the WGs there is no >> WG under General Area, is there explaination, please advise, >> >> It is not active maybe because not represented well, or the management >> of IETF was not interested in such WG, I am not sure :-( . IMO, I am >> not encouraged to participate only if this WG is IETF WG under an IETF >> Area, but I will read to see WG progress and/or future, >> >> Regards >> >> AB >> ++++ >> All - I wanted to bring to your attention that a new I-D relating to >> the IETF's patent policy (BCP79) has been released and is being >> discussed on the IPR-WG mailing list. I am taking the liberty of >> letting everyone know, since the IPR-WG list hasn't been particularly >> active over the past few years, and this is an important policy >> document that the community should be aware of. >> >> >> I look forward to the discussion! >> >> >> Jorge Contreras >> > > > --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > > > > > >