Re: Last Call: (A Fast-Track way to RFC with Running Code) to Experimental RFC

2013-01-14 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, Please see inline. Stephan On 1.14.2013 11:31 , "Marc Petit-Huguenin" wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA256 > >On 01/14/2013 01:43 AM, Stephan Wenger wrote: >> Inline. S. >> >> >> On 1.14.2013 10:33 , "Marc Petit-Hugu

Re: Last Call: (A Fast-Track way to RFC with Running Code) to Experimental RFC

2013-01-14 Thread Stephan Wenger
Perhaps my final comment on this. Also cutting the thread down to something readable. Inline. S. On 1.14.2013 10:46 , "Stephen Farrell" wrote: [...] > > >Yes, that's clearer. We're talking about two different continuums >(or continua:-), so either would work, and neither is important to >this

Re: Last Call: (A Fast-Track way to RFC with Running Code) to Experimental RFC

2013-01-14 Thread Stephan Wenger
Inline. S. On 1.14.2013 10:33 , "Marc Petit-Huguenin" wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA256 > >On 01/14/2013 01:10 AM, Eggert, Lars wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:08, Marc Petit-Huguenin wrote: >>> I think that you underestimate the IETF community, who certainly

Re: Last Call: (A Fast-Track way to RFC with Running Code) to Experimental RFC

2013-01-13 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, Please see inline. Stephan On 1.12.2013 10:32 , "Stephen Farrell" wrote: > >Hiya, > >On 01/11/2013 09:02 PM, Stephan Wenger wrote: [...] > >> Still, there is one reference that worries me, and that is the >>reference >> to GPLv3 code as an &

Re: Last Call: (A Fast-Track way to RFC with Running Code) to Experimental RFC

2013-01-11 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, Sorry for replying to this "advise to secretariat" thread and not to the ietf-announce thread--I'm not subscribed to ietf-announce. I have three comments, and regret that I have not followed all of the discussions regarding this draft before, so please advise if those comments have already bee

Re: IESG Considering a Revision to NOTE WELL

2012-11-07 Thread Stephan Wenger
On 11.7.2012 09:57 , "John Leslie" wrote: >Stephan Wenger wrote: >>... >> It is, in most cases, not to the advantage of a rightholder to disclose >> a patent unless he is undeniably obligated to do so... > > This is a really strange statement, at f

Re: IESG Considering a Revision to NOTE WELL

2012-11-07 Thread Stephan Wenger
On 11.7.2012 07:10 , "Brian E Carpenter" wrote: >On 07/11/2012 01:23, Randy Bush wrote: >> [ my last post on this ] >> >>> But my objective in the question what might be "late" was whether IETF >>> may have defined "late" somewhere >> >> we are [supposed to be] professionals of *integrity*. di

Re: IESG Considering a Revision to NOTE WELL

2012-11-06 Thread Stephan Wenger
On 11.6.2012 17:17 , "Paul Wouters" wrote: >On Tue, 6 Nov 2012, Stephan Wenger wrote: > >> So, to summarize, out of the 60 or so non-third-party disclosures that >> have been made over the last 4+ months, only "a few" may or may not be >> late; the r

Re: IESG Considering a Revision to NOTE WELL

2012-11-06 Thread Stephan Wenger
On 11.6.2012 16:17 , "Scott O Bradner" wrote: > >On Nov 6, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Fred Baker (fred) wrote: >> >> Not being a lawyer, I can't comment on the legal details of IPR cases. >>What I am looking at is the understandability of a statement. A lawyer >>that I was speaking with recently told

Re: IESG Considering a Revision to NOTE WELL

2012-11-06 Thread Stephan Wenger
eliness" of disclosures is to change BCP 79, by adding a definition of timeliness, preferably a hard one (six months or something like this). Stephan > >Russ > > >On Nov 6, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Stephan Wenger wrote: > >> Hi, >> Russ, can you explain why the

Re: IESG Considering a Revision to NOTE WELL

2012-11-06 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, Russ, can you explain why the IESG considers it necessary to tinker with the Note Well? As for the substance, I don't like the text for two reasons that can be found inline. Stephan On 11.6.2012 10:00 , "IETF Chair" wrote: >The IESG is considering a revision to the NOTE WELL text. Please re

Re: Draft IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site

2012-09-21 Thread Stephan Wenger
Overall I like this--enough wiggle-room to deal with situations we cannot foresee now, but still sufficient guidance for the IESGs to come. One small issue, inline. Stephan On 9.21.2012 13:45 , "IETF Chair" wrote: >[...] > >When an I-D is removed from the Public I-D Archive, a copy will be kept

Re: Draft IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site

2012-09-05 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, I support this statement, with the additions suggested by Sam Hartman, John Klensin, and (most importantly) Brian Carpenter. In addition, I would suggest adding clarifying text to the extent that I-Ds will remain to be stored in non publicly accessible form, unless removal is required by a cour

Re: RFC Errata: when to file, and when not to

2012-08-09 Thread Stephan Wenger
Lawyers may, in both cases. Stephan On 8.9.2012 09:45 , "Worley, Dale R (Dale)" wrote: >> From: Dave Cridland [d...@cridland.net] >> >> Does anyone other than historians honestly care what the original was? > >Does anyone honestly care what last month's version of the source code >was? > >Dale

Re: Proposed Update to Note Well

2012-06-22 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Peter, On 6.22.2012 09:31 , "Peter Saint-Andre" wrote: >On 6/22/12 10:03 AM, Stephan Wenger wrote: >> >>"If you are aware of a patent controlled by your employer >>or sponsor that is related to your contribution, then you must >>disc

Re: Proposed Update to Note Well

2012-06-22 Thread Stephan Wenger
Oh, sorry. Incorrect citing. Too many messages in too short a time. Stephan On 6.22.2012 08:56 , "Noel Chiappa" wrote: >> From: Stephan Wenger > >> Hi Noel, >> "Affiliate" is overly broad, and undefined and therefore not >supported &g

Re: Proposed Update to Note Well

2012-06-22 Thread Stephan Wenger
Strike "actively". It's a loophole and adds no value. I don't know how a "contribution" can be "controlled" by a patent. Using "related" as the broadest possible term that IMO may just be supported by BCP79: "If you believe that a patent controlled by your employer or sponsor is relate

Re: Proposed Update to Note Well

2012-06-22 Thread Stephan Wenger
Stephan On 6.22.2012 08:12 , "Peter Saint-Andre" wrote: >On 6/22/12 8:45 AM, Stephan Wenger wrote: >> On 6.22.2012 07:14 , "Peter Saint-Andre" wrote: >> >> >> >>Anything that you write, say, or discuss in the IETF, formally or >&g

Re: Proposed Update to Note Well

2012-06-22 Thread Stephan Wenger
On 6.22.2012 07:14 , "Peter Saint-Andre" wrote: Anything that you write, say, or discuss in the IETF, formally or informally, either at an IETF meeting or in another IETF venue such as a mailing list, is an IETF contribution. If you believe that any contribution of yours is covered

Re: Proposed Update to Note Well

2012-06-21 Thread Stephan Wenger
d be "control". Agreed. And "control" sounds reasonably straightforward to me. Stephan > > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Jun 21, 2012, at 7:01 PM, Stephan Wenger wrote: > >> Hi Russ, policy-folks, >> >> I support the simplification of the Note Well. >&

Re: Proposed Update to Note Well

2012-06-21 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Russ, policy-folks, I support the simplification of the Note Well. Two concerns, one substantial and one nit, with respect to the language proposed. The use of the work "know" in the context of requiring a disclosure is IMO substantially wrong. It should be "believe". Two reasons. The prag

Re: Last Call: (Promoting Compliance with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Disclosure Rules) to Informational RFC

2012-06-08 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, I want to thank Peter and Tim to take my comments into account in version 4 of this document. I'm happy with version this version. Regards, Stephan On 4.30.2012 19:19 , "Stephan Wenger" wrote: >Hi, >Here are a few comments to this draft. >Stephan > >(1) Sec

Re: Last Call: (Definition of the Opus Audio Codec) to Proposed Standard

2012-04-30 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, This subject was also raised by our AD on the codec mailing list. The statement is about spec text copyright (with the possible exception of the word "use", which is loaded in this context, see BSD license and implicit patent grant ambiguity). Insofar, the patent licensing statement received

Re: Last Call: (Promoting Compliance with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Disclosure Rules) to Informational RFC

2012-04-30 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, Here are a few comments to this draft. Stephan (1) Section 3.1, final paragraph. An IETF disclosure has to be made against a Contribution. In the case described in this paragraph, the Contribution may not have been made at the time of the Disclosure request, and, therefore, it would be impos

Re: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

2012-04-24 Thread Stephan Wenger
Remember, this whole discussion is about a) taking pictures, and b) publishing them. Avoid either, and we should be completely save. Do both, and it still takes at least one person to take offense to the point where he calls police or runs to a lawyer, proof, a judge finding that the privacy righ

Re: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

2012-04-24 Thread Stephan Wenger
I believe Martin is correct, at least with respect to Germany. OTOH, "wo kein Kläger, da kein Richter" (no plaintiff, no judge). And: where is the damage? In short, I wouldn't worry too much. Stephan On 4.24.2012 11:10 , "Martin Rex" wrote: >Joel jaeggli wrote: >> >> Michael StJohns wrote: >>

Re: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

2012-04-23 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, According to the proposal, the (scanned and proceedings-attached) blue sheets contain non machine-interpretable data (handwritten names). Assuming this, I think our desire for transparency ought to outweigh our desire for privacy. It will still require a lot of manual work to generate a maechi

Re: [AVTCORE] IPR requirements in document write-up

2012-03-21 Thread Stephan Wenger
backdoor are bad. My suggestion was aimed to bring the template in compliance with what I believe is language and spirit of the policy. Thanks, Stephan > >You may, of course, ask the question of your working group in any way >you like. But I suggest you ask it in a way that allows you

Re: DNS RRTYPEs, the difficulty with

2012-02-28 Thread Stephan Wenger
Confirmed. The menu option says "add SPF", but you end up with a TXT record. Embarrassed, Stephan On 2.28.2012 21:11 , "Scott Kitterman" wrote: >On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:02:13 AM Hector wrote: >> Scott Kitterman wrote: >> > On Wednesday, Februa

Re: DNS RRTYPEs, the difficulty with

2012-02-28 Thread Stephan Wenger
Godaddy, basic domain hosting at $10 per .com, allows you to set an SPF record. Stephan On 2.28.2012 17:56 , "John R. Levine" wrote: >> SPF is listed. http://dyn.com/dns/dns-comparison/ > >Hmmn, only on the premium $30/mo and up packages, not on the cheap ones. >There must be a moral here. > >B

Re: Forthcoming draft: draft-farrresnickel-ipr-sanctions

2012-01-26 Thread Stephan Wenger
Dear Hector, I'm not quite sure that your understanding of the US patent law and MPEP rules is inline with most patent practitioners, or that your post otherwise make all that much sense. First, the thing you are talking about are known as "Markush Claim". From MPEP, 803.02: "A Markush-type clai

Re: Last Call: (Experiences from an IPv6-Only Network) to Informational RFC

2011-12-16 Thread Stephan Wenger
If the information presented in the document is "historic" the minute its posted (because its a snapshot), why not post the doc as "historic"? Stephan On 12.16.2011 07:00 , "Jari Arkko" wrote: >Wes: I understand your concern, and it certainly has given us pause when >speaking about these results

Re: [codec] Last Call: (Guidelines for the Codec Development Within the IETF) to Informational RFC

2011-10-05 Thread Stephan Wenger
Phillip, Please see inline. On 10.5.2011 13:25 , "Phillip Hallam-Baker" wrote: >I have some issues with the way that the section on IPR is written. >While I agree with most of the statements there. I don't see my two >biggest IPR concerns listed. > >1) Specific to this document, we already have

Re: Has anyone found a hotel for Quebec City that isn't exorbitant?

2011-06-20 Thread Stephan Wenger
Vancouver is pretty expensive in summer. Can be twice the rate of November. Weather. Stephan S. Sent from my iPad On Jun 20, 2011, at 21:49, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: > On 21/06/2011 03:24, Randall Gellens wrote: >> At 3:55 AM +0200 6/20/11, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: >> >>> May I point out that th

Re: IETF Attendance by continent

2010-09-01 Thread Stephan Wenger
It can, of course. Use D'Hondt or something to pick the next meeting venue. Stephan On 9.1.2010 08:24 , "Ross Callon" wrote: > Why does this have to be precisely on an integer-number year boundary? > > Ross > > -Original Message- > From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ie

Re: Finding a patent

2010-08-17 Thread Stephan Wenger
Uh. Yes. Stephan On 8.17.2010 10:49 , "Michael StJohns" wrote: > This is an application number for a patent application filed between 93 and 97 > (that's what the 08 at the beginning indicates). The USPTO doesn't keep these > online prior to 2001 as near as I can tell, but Google has a patent

Re: Finding a patent

2010-08-17 Thread Stephan Wenger
Go here: http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair Enter the two words of the graphics challenge Of the radio buttons, click on "Application Number" (this is the default) Copy-paste the application number in the format 99/99 ... And you will learn that the application is question is not yet

Re: IETF privacy policy - update

2010-07-06 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, I think this is an excellent straw man for an IETF privacy policy. I have, however, two issues with its adoption that makes me question the wisdom of an unqualified "+1". First, I'm not quite sure whether the IETf should adopt such a document without providing clear guidelines to its I* peop

Re: Public musing on the nature of IETF membership and employment status

2010-04-08 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Fred, I¹m not sure whether this (admittedly selective) quote would be fair to your hypothetical collaborators: On 4.8.2010 16:02 , "Fred Baker" wrote: > [...] I would be truly disappointed if someone I was collaborating with on a > draft or was working on a working group with me fundamentally

Re: [codec] WG Review: Internet Wideband Audio Codec (codec)

2010-01-13 Thread Stephan Wenger
While I see the burden and pain Russ mentions, I also want to note that there is a distinct advantage of a joint project: the project would be bound to the patent policies of both IETF and the other body (here: ITU). In the specific case of the codec work, a joint project provides an insurance pol

Re: [codec] WG Review: Internet Wideband Audio Codec (codec)

2010-01-11 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Jean-Marc, I don't think anything "has been shown", with respect to IPR and RF properties of the current input proposal documents. And I don't believe anything conclusive will be shown, ever. At best, arguably, nothing substantial has been shown against an RF claim of the input proposals. Arg

Re: [codec] WG Review: Internet Wideband Audio Codec (codec)

2010-01-07 Thread Stephan Wenger
y > agree with Stephan that annoyances go further than just royalties. I > understand that BCP79 restricts what we can say about that in the charter, > but at least mentioning the problem as Stephan suggests is a good idea IMO. > In some sense, this is again part of the "making

Re: [codec] WG Review: Internet Wideband Audio Codec (codec)

2010-01-07 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, Russ' language is an improvement. But let's not forget that there are encumbrances that have nothing to do with paying royalties, but are equally problematic from an adoption viewpoint. Examples: 1. Co-marketing requirement: need to put a logo of the rightholder company on one's products ac

Re: RIM patents using a mime body in a message (and ignores IETF IPR rules)

2009-11-19 Thread Stephan Wenger
On 11/19/09 12:32 PM, "ty...@mit.edu" wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:51:16AM -0800, Stephan Wenger wrote: >> The mechanisms to challenge the validity of a patent depend on the >> legislation. In the US, one example is a request for re-examination. A >> good f

Re: RIM patents using a mime body in a message (and ignores IETF IPR rules)

2009-11-19 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, I would suggest to handle this issue calmly from here on. In this specific case, even assuming validity of the patent, the rightholder may already have a enforceability problem based on what I also perceive as a clear IETF process violation. As the very minimum, if the patent were ever asser

Re: IETF Plenary Discussions

2009-11-11 Thread Stephan Wenger
+1 Stephan On 11/11/09 7:53 PM, "Danny McPherson" wrote: > Russ, Olaf, et al, > I was serious in my recommendation to experiment with limiting > question (comment) time at the microphone at plenaries. I believe > it'll not only help mere mortals pay more attention, but will also > encourage th

Re: Last Call: draft-hammer-oauth (The OAuth Core 1.0 Protocol) to Informational RFC

2009-10-27 Thread Stephan Wenger
I understand this as the documentation of what has been specified by the original oAuth crowd, known as oAuth 1.0, which is out there and deployed. AFAIK, the oAuth group is working on improvements and additions to this base specification. From the charter: " [...] This specifically means that as

Re: Legality of IETF meetings in PRC. Was: Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-10-11 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Ole, Yes, my email was "aimed" at your frequent postings on this subject in combination with your current ISOC position. Let me note that most of your postings on this subject, in my reading, implied (if not expressed) a preference for a PRC IETF meeting. That said, it's good that you clarifi

Re: Legality of IETF meetings in PRC. Was: Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-10-11 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Doug, I'm not sure where you are getting with your comment. I would count myself as belonging into both of your categories. The IETF should not go to the PRC (or any other country with a similarly questionable human rights, free speech, and Internet restriction record) on principle, AND it wo

Re: Local Beijing people response - RE: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-10-01 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, Four remarks: > This is true, however there is another path that could be taken. Let the host > sign the contract. Then, engage with the PRC government, explain the situation > to them, and ask them to help avoid an embarrassing situation by providing > assurances in writing, to the IETF, the

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meetingof the IETF

2009-09-24 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Ole, I don't understand your last two sentences. Are you suggesting that what's left to do is to arrange the China meeting within the constraints of the contract, as proposed? Or are you suggesting that you need to go back and attempt to re-negotiate that part of the contract? Also, what preci

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-21 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, A personal opinion: I believe that the logistic concerns voiced here (cost, visa, air pollution, freedom of network access for IETF business needs) should not be seen as a deterrent and are not likely to be a practical problem. There are associated problems and risks, and they are IMHO consi

Re: draft-housley-iesg-rfc3932bis and the optional/mandatory nature of IESG notes

2009-09-09 Thread Stephan Wenger
small pragmatic gains we may get. Regards, Stephan On 9/9/09 9:19 AM, "Dave CROCKER" wrote: > > > Stephan Wenger wrote: >> This *perception* is important. And changing it means changing the >> *perception* of a large number of people, for very little value e

Re: draft-housley-iesg-rfc3932bis and the optional/mandatory nature of IESG notes

2009-09-09 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, As it has been pointed out here often, the RFC series is more than just the document numbering scheme for IETF standards. However, if you attend a marketing gathering, a random CS conference, a non-IETF standardization meeting, or even the IETF plenary, a majority of people (probably a large

Re: Proposed Policy for Modifications to Trust Legal Provisions (TLP)

2009-08-17 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Marshall, all, This is a good proposal. Would it be possible to enhance the review periods (steps 5 and 6) from 30/14 days to something like 60/30 days, respectively? Many people will need to go through corporate counsel on matters like this, which can be time consuming. 30 days is a quite t

Re: Retention of blue sheets

2009-07-30 Thread Stephan Wenger
On 7/30/09 4:29 PM, "Brian E Carpenter" wrote: > [...] > >> >> That said, I'm in favor of keeping the blue sheets based on principles of >> record retention. But their IPR impact, I believe, is rather limited. > > If A asserts that B said something, and B denies having been present > at th

Re: Retention of blue sheets

2009-07-30 Thread Stephan Wenger
lated to a draft and inside the IETF context, you are in. If you don't, you are probably not in. Regards, Stephan On 7/30/09 4:23 PM, "Marc Petit-Huguenin" wrote: > Stephan Wenger wrote: >> Hi Brian, >> >> One can sit in a WG meeting for years, and neve

Re: Retention of blue sheets

2009-07-30 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Brian, One can sit in a WG meeting for years, and never incur a disclosure obligation under BCP78, correct? Just sitting there and not saying/writing/contributing a thing does not trigger a disclosure obligation. Same goes for merely being subscribed to a mailing list. This is a major differ

Re: Stockholm airport

2009-07-17 Thread Stephan Wenger
There are also comparatively cheap busses from ARN, for those money-conscious folks who have time to waste. But in my limited experience, the train is really the way to go. Stephan On 7/17/09 11:48 AM, "Scott Brim" wrote: > btw the bus from Skavsta is less than half the cost of the Arlanda > E

Re: IETF 78 Annoucement

2009-05-24 Thread Stephan Wenger
For a German, the most intuitive way to get to Maastricht would actually be to go through Cologne, Dusseldorf, or Frankfurt. From Koeln or Duesseldorf it should be around an hour by car---no more than two hours even considering traffic. Both airport have a rather limited number of intercontinenta

Re: Consensus Call for draft-housley-tls-authz

2009-03-10 Thread Stephan Wenger
t; its value. > > How frequently does a sensible proposal have to be made to receive a > susbstantive response? > > > > > From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org on behalf of Steven M. Bellovin > Sent: Mon 3/9/2009 6:40 PM > To: Stephan Wenger > Cc: SM; r...@gnu.or

Re: Consensus Call for draft-housley-tls-authz

2009-03-09 Thread Stephan Wenger
On 3/9/09 11:14 AM, "Steven M. Bellovin" wrote: > On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:07:10 -0700 > SM wrote: > >> >> As the draft was not approved by the IESG as a "Proposed Standard", >> the fact is that most people in the IETF community would not consider >> it as a proposed standard. >> >>"The "Ex

Re: Proposal to create IETF IPR Advisory Board

2009-02-19 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Larry, As you know better than most here, including myself, W3C uses two very different bodies to cope with IPR matters: 1. the PSIG, a standing committee, issues advise on policy interpretation and maintains the policy FAQ. To the best of my knowledge, the PSDIG does not look at individual p

Re: yet another comment on draft-housley-tls-authz-extns-07.txt

2009-02-11 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Simon, On 2/11/09 4:43 PM, "Simon Josefsson" wrote: > Stephan Wenger writes: > >> [...] >> The way to address this misalignment is to work in the IETF >> towards an FSF-compatible patent regime, and not rant about one specific >> draft that someh

Re: yet another comment on draft-housley-tls-authz-extns-07.txt

2009-02-11 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi, On 2/11/09 3:21 PM, "Bob Jolliffe" wrote: > [...] > I think (I hope) their is a general consensus that IETF > standards should be freely implementable and usable for the manner in > which they are intended. > The phrase "freely implementable and usable" may be the key misconception/misunde

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The IETF Trustees invite your review and comments on a proposed Work-Around to the Pre-5378 Problem

2009-01-12 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Russ, On 1/12/09 2:15 PM, "Russ Housley" wrote: [...] > > The RFC Editor is asking the authors. That is the list of people > that is readily available. If the authors cannot speak for all > Contributors, then the document will have to wait until a work-around is > found. > In this case, w

Re: Removal of IETF patent disclosures?

2008-08-19 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Simon, all, Before some "silence means approval" assumption kicks in here, allow me to voice my concerns again. I continue to believe that changing the current practice (which allows the removal of disclosures form the IETF database) is NOT a good thing. Don't get me wrong: I don't believe th

Re: Removal of IETF patent disclosures?

2008-08-14 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi John, please note that the vast majority of IETF IPR disclosures promise patent licenses only on technologies described in an I-D in the event that the I-D becomes an IETF "standard". This avoids the problems you mentioned nicely, I think, at the expense of some uncertainty when people impleme

Re: Removal of IETF patent disclosures?

2008-08-14 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi all, Nokia is one of the companies which submitted a number of withdrawal requests for previous disclosures. In no case (that I'm aware of) our intention has been to sneak out of a licensing commitment. Instead, we submitted withdrawal requests with the intention to keep the IETF patent datab

Re: Proposed Revisions to IETF Trust Administrative Procedures

2008-04-11 Thread Stephan Wenger
Something rather obvious. Stephan On 4/11/08 7:32 AM, "Marshall Eubanks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2. The Trustees shall select one Trustee to serve as the Chair of >> the Trust. >> >> a. The following Trustees are not eligible to serve as IETF Chair:

Re: Possible RFC 3683 PR-action

2008-03-26 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi Simon, the case I was thinking about was this one: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070323094639 964 Stephan On 3/25/08 3:33 PM, "Simon Josefsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >>> [...] If we learned that the anonymous posting

Re: why can't IETF emulate IEEE on this point?

2007-09-25 Thread Stephan Wenger
On Sep 25, 2007, at 11:21 AM, Florian Weimer wrote: [...] I don't think it's fundamentally different from the IETF policy (that is, RAND is acceptable). Actually, per RFC 3978 and friends, the IETF does not even require a RAND commitment. There have recently been cases where RFCs have bee

Re: Prague

2007-03-08 Thread Stephan Wenger
Hi janet, all, Renting a car at the airport, and from an international rental car company, is straightforward. More expensive than in the US, though. I cannot advise the budget deals you may get from local companies or individuals. Also keep in mind: a) cars of a given rental car class