On 26 Jan 2016, at 14:02, Ross Finlayson wrote:
Why are IETF Working Groups using a random ‘Mickey Mouse’ third party like ‘GitHub’?
Because it is not a random third party. Huge swathes of significant open source development are done on GitHub, so many people already have accounts and understand some of how it works.
Does the IETF not have its own servers (nor its own protocols for document collaboration)?
Yes; no. Further, this goes well beyond "protocols": it is mostly about interface for WG participants.
--Paul Hoffman