On 01/06/2014 08:51 PM, John Curran wrote: > > What happens when the IETF makes a decision that particular "public policy" requirements > are _to be considered_ (perpass), or specifically _not to be considered_ (RFC 2804) in protocol > development? I think that's a mis-characterisation. IMO both of those are cases where there are sound technical reasons for the IETF to do, or not do, work. Yes, those have impacts, but the public policy angle (if that's the right term) is a side-effect and is not the reason for the decision. S.