--On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 07:44 -0500 Ray Pelletier <rpelletier@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The last RFC Editor contracts are from 2008. The last >> Secretariat contract is from 2006. All contracts except for >> the ones with ICANN are never published even though that one >> of the agreements mention that the contract will be published. > > We will attend to all of these after Orlando to get the > contracts published. Each contract will need to be reviewed > for business confidential material before posting, typically > material that may be business proprietary so as to not reveal > matters that may assist competitors. It's a necessary > courtesy. Ray, This doesn't help with the past, but I would have assumed (based on experience in other organizations) that, if the rules require posting contracts with confidential material elided, then the issue of what is or is not treated as confidential would be part of the contract negotiation process. That would leave a version with the appropriate material elided approved by both parties along with the full contract and ready to publish as soon is the contract is signed. It would have the small additional advantage of eliminating any risk of a contractor claiming that everything they touch, including broad SOW material, is confidential material that must be protected from their competitors. If a contractor were to make such a claim during contract negotiation, you would presumably just say "no, not acceptable in the IETF Community" and move on. If the claim were asserted only after the contract was signed and work started, you could presumably be in for a rather painful process. Is there any reason why that approach cannot be taken in the future? regards, john