Oh, and one more data point: The Internet-Draft archive also functions as a timestamped signed public archival record of our "inventions". (Which are often trivial, but triviality won't stop patenting of copycats, while a good priority more likely will.) This function is effectively suspended for six weeks a year. Grüße, Carsten PS.: (If that sounds like I'm contradicting myself that's only because we haven't found the right solution yet.) On Feb 27, 2013, at 19:49, Carsten Bormann <cabo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Feb 27, 2013, at 19:18, ned+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> routing around obstacles > > It turns out for most people the easiest route around is submitting in time. > > That is actually what counts here: how does the rule influence the behavior of people. > > Chair hat: WORKSFORME. (And, if I could decide it, WONTFIX.) > > Grüße, Carsten