RE: Violation of IETF process (was: Second Last Call: <draft-ietf-sieve-notify-sip-message-08.txt> (Sieve Notification Mechanism: SIP MESSAGE) to Proposed Standard)

Hi Adrian,
At 21:48 25-01-2012, Adrian Farrel wrote:
>Why is Qian Sun still listed on the front page as an author. 
>Wouldn't it be more
>appropriate to move the name to the Acknowledgements section where the text
>could read...

As editorship is a WG Chair decision, it is up to the SIEVE WG Chairs 
to comment on why Qian Sun is still listed on the front page as an author.

>Some of the text of this document was provided by Qian Sun who 
>violated IETF IPR
>process by not disclosing related IPR that he had also authored and so is not
>listed as a named author of this document.

The above text does not mention company affiliation.

There is the following in the text in IPR statements:

   "Note: The individual submitting this template represents and
    warrants that he or she is authorized by the Patent Holder to
    agree to the above-selected licensing declaration."

The name provided in the IPR statement is "Director of licensing".

The violation has a negative impact on the IETF (see comment from 
Dave Crocker on this thread).  It raises questions which should not be asked.

Regards,
-sm