> From: Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law > [mailto:froomkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 12:43 PM > To: Tony Hain > Cc: 'Alexander Nevalennyy'; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Topic IPv6 > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2016, Tony Hain wrote: > > > The IETF has taken a position that its job is creating technologies > > and that it is someone else's job to deal with the political > > implications of those. > > > > > Is that now the rule? Have RFCs 1984 & 2804 been superseded? > I believe those prove the point that the IETF believes in the definition of technologies, and the political implications of that are left for other organizations. Yes they take a political stand in stating that the technology should be available to anyone, but actual availability is delivered through the implementation, which is not in the IETF's control. Tony