On 03/07/2013 09:34 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote: > 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.) FWIW, I think that's an incidental good side-effect but shouldn't drive what we do here. My take is that I don't care about this, so long as drafts that are discussed at meetings are posted early enough to allow folks a chance to read them. The current rule achieves that well enough, as could a less coarse-grained rule. I've not seen a worked out proposal for such a less coarse-grained rule that achieves that yet. S > 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 > >