On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:47 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> John Levine asked:
> 
>> Some people have argued that it should be possible to participate in some or 
>> all IETF processes while remaining partly or completely anonymous.  Is this 
>> a reasonable expectation?
> 
> No. Anonymous or pseudonymous contributions would allow a scumbag
> patent troll to inject ideas into a standard for which s/he held
> an undisclosed patent. I don't see how we can draw a line between
> that and other types of contribution.
> 

+1

Bob



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