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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian E
Carpenter
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 12:04 PM
To: SM
Cc: IETF
Subject: Re: Draft IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF
Web Site
On 05/09/2012 15:51, SM wrote:
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> Yes. There has been a request to remove an I-D.
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That's an interesting but not very informative statement.
In the only case I am personally aware of, in 2006/7, there was a dispute
(outside the IETF), with lawyer's letters flying around. Eventually, in a
decision supported by the IETF Counsel, not only was an I-D version taken down,
but an *earlier* version was put back with an artificially extended expiry
date. No court order was involved, and the eventual outcome was a private
agreement between the parties (outside the IETF).
I think the IESG needs to keep the flexibility to do that, although in all
normal circumstances the answer should be "we don't do that."
Brian
