On 10 Mar 2013, at 8:46, Dave Crocker <dhc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 3/10/2013 8:27 AM, Eric Burger wrote: >> I do but don't care. With my IETF hat on, the whole point of the cut-off is to enforce a physical barrier to ensure we do not ever hear, "I posted this draft yesterday, let's talk about it" in a work group. With my legal services hat on, with the US joining the rest of the world with first-to-file, those few weeks of publication could mean the difference between a free and open standard and a NPE swooping in and attempting to tax the industry. > > > If that were a problem for all working groups, all the time, it might make at least some sense. But it isn't, so it doesn't. > > It also entirely underestimates the ability of participants to generate new, unreasonable demands... > > Ultimately the problem you are using for justification is a matter of good working group management. > > Solve it with better management, not artificial barriers that are imposed on everyone and that can be trivially routed around, albeit without the benefits of using the I-D mechanism. > > d/ > -- > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net