Hi Brian, On 12/02/2012 08:41 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Another condition for a fast track must be the absence of > unresolved IPR disclosures. I can see a big risk here - that > someone will use the fast track procedure to game the IPR > disclosure rule. First, release your open source code, using > an open source licence that doesn't assert the absence of IPR. > Then, post the 00 draft and persuade an AD to fast track it. > (The draft assumes there is a WG involved, but the IETF process > does not require a WG.) Then, "discover" the IPR and disclose it. > All within 3 weeks.
Ah good point. This is only intended for WG documents, but the late-IPR point is a good one nonetheless. I've added a sentence saying any late-IPR declaration sends the draft back to the WG. That's a potential DoS of course, but not a new one really. Ta, S. > > Brian > > On 01/12/2012 20:12, Stephen Farrell wrote: > ... >> [1] http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-farrell-ft > >
