Thierry Ernst wrote: > Keith Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> In principle I would be against charging, but my experience of being a >>> chair makes me believe that many authors have no reason to publish >>> their I-D which are just a burden to the I-D secretariat and thus the >>> entire IETF community. >>> >> that's a really amazing statement. If I were participating in a WG >> whose chair had that attitude, I'd be lobbying hard with the IESG for >> another chair, as I'd suspect that the incumbent chair was >> inappropriately hostile to introduction of new ideas within the WG. >> > > Sorry, what "attitude" are you talking about here ? I was speaking > about people who publish drafts but never say a word to anyone about > their draft. What's the purpose ? it used to be the case that merely publishing a draft would get some attention for it. these days, that amount of attention is probably very small.
also, publishing an I-D might be useful for other reasons - e.g. to establish prior art in case an idea or invention in the draft is ever patented by someone else. and how do you know that the authors never say a word to anyone about their draft? > If the purpose is to get new ideas > through, I don't see how publishing a draft and non advertising is > useful for the sender (it may for the reader). But more importantly, I > don't see what you see as "hostile" in the observation above. > perhaps I misunderstood. I just don't want to further raise the barrier for publishing I-Ds, because it's easier for the community to deal with ideas published in that form than, say, on a web page or blog. Keith _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
