John O'Hara wrote:
> On the IETF thread, the early standards were 'clean'. And there is a
> requirement to register patent interests against RFC's.
Yes *early* IETF standards were clean, but they are supposed to be the
guardians of the I in IETF, and have been delinquent by allowing IP
constrained standards. Hence my comment that "the IETF has lost a lot of
credibility as an independent standards body, and really ought to be
ashamed." They should be taking a purely hardline on IP, and requiring that
all IP related to every single IETF standard be effectively turned over, not
caving to commercial interests.
--- Noel
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