On 08/09/2013 09:39 AM, Ted Lemon wrote:
On Aug 8, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Would being able to reliably know exactly who said everything that was said in a WG meeting visibly improve the quality of our standards? If the answer is not a clear "yes" (and I don't think it is) then I suggest that this topic is a distraction.
If you mean will it improve what is written on the page, probably not. Will it decrease the likelihood of someone participating without identifying themself, and then violating the IPR rules? Possibly.
AFAIK that's why we do it. Not so much because it is an iron-clad preventative, but because it to some degree removes the illusion of anonymity that might tempt someone to do something like that, or just be careless about it.
If it's that important to catch people violating the IPR rules, perhaps
we need to hire a court reporter for every WG meeting, and not rely on
volunteer Jabber scribes to accurately capture what is said and who said it.
Keith