Re: legal consultation (was List moderator action)

Rob Sayre <[email protected]> Fri, 8 May 2026 10:46:24 -0700

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On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM Rob Wilton (rwilton) <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I see that as a feature because if it an ID within datatracker then it is
> possible that someone may just take ideas from it, particularly because we
> now keep expired drafts around forever.
>

Well, it's kind of a crummy problem, because those GitHub URLs can have any
IPR restrictions they want. That's the reason to do the I-Ds. It's a
necessary but not sufficient mechanism to get on the agenda and then do a
call for adoption.

thanks,
Rob