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> -----Original Message----- > From: Hannes Tschofenig [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 5:38 AM > To: John E Drake > Cc: Hannes Tschofenig; Brian E Carpenter; Eliot Lear; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: Affirmation of the Modern Global Standards Paradigm > > > On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:16 PM, John E Drake wrote: > > >> I take it that John's question is really *why* do these principles > >> need to be articulated in public. Perhaps the IAB should answer > that, > >> but my answer > >> is: because there is a real danger of some SDOs, including but not > >> limited to the ITU-T, breaking them for a variety of commercial or > >> political reasons. > > > > JD: And how does this document prevent this abuse? > > Of course a document by itself, even if it contains the nicest > principles, cannot prevent abuse. > So, see it rather as a writeup that tries to capture the understanding > of a number of SDOs. JD: To what purpose? As an aside, I get the 'feel-good' aspect, but is there anything more?
