Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-19 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, August 19, 2013 18:08:00 John C Klensin wrote: > --On Monday, August 19, 2013 12:49 -0700 SM > > wrote: > >... > > > >> First, I note that, in some organizations (including some > >> large ones), someone might be working on an open source > >> project one month and a proprietary one th

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-19 Thread John C Klensin
--On Monday, August 19, 2013 12:49 -0700 SM wrote: >... >> First, I note that, in some organizations (including some >> large ones), someone might be working on an open source >> project one month and a proprietary one the next, or maybe >> both >> concurrently. Would it be appropriate for suc

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-19 Thread SM
Hi John, At 06:11 19-08-2013, John C Klensin wrote: I think this is bogus and takes us down an undesirable path. Ok. First, I note that, in some organizations (including some large ones), someone might be working on an open source project one month and a proprietary one the next, or maybe bot

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-19 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > But my point was more that "open source" is meaningless, and not what I > > think we're missing/need. I agree we need more developers (at least in > RAI > > it would help), but whether the things they develop are open source or > not > >

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-19 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, August 19, 2013 09:35:25 Hadriel Kaplan wrote: > On Aug 18, 2013, at 8:04 PM, SM wrote: > > On reading the second paragraph of the above message I see that you and I > > might have a common objective. You mentioned that you don't know how to > > do that beyond what is done now. I sugg

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-19 Thread Hadriel Kaplan
On Aug 18, 2013, at 8:04 PM, SM wrote: > On reading the second paragraph of the above message I see that you and I > might have a common objective. You mentioned that you don't know how to do > that beyond what is done now. I suggested a rate for people with an open > source affiliation. I

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-19 Thread John C Klensin
--On Sunday, August 18, 2013 17:04 -0700 SM wrote: >> I'd love to get more developers in general to participate - >> whether they're open or closed source doesn't matter. But I >> don't know how to do that, beyond what we do now. The email >> lists are free and open. The physical meetings

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread SM
Hi Hadriel, At 05:33 18-08-2013, Hadriel Kaplan wrote: Define "open source developers". Technically quite a lot of developers at my employer develop "open source", as do many at many of the corporations which send people to the IETF. Heck, even I personally submit code to Wireshark now and th

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread John Levine
In article <01672754-1c4f-465b-b737-7e82dc5b3...@oracle.com> you write: > >I've been told, though obviously I don't know, that the costs are >proportional. I assume it's not literally a "if we get >one additional person, it costs an additional $500". But I assume SM wasn't >proposing to get jus

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Hadriel Kaplan wrote: > > On Aug 18, 2013, at 5:21 AM, SM wrote: > > > 1. If the IETF is serious about running code (see RFC 6982) it would try > to encourage open source developers to participate more effectively in the > IETF. > > > Define "open source developer

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread Hadriel Kaplan
I've been told, though obviously I don't know, that the costs are proportional. I assume it's not literally a "if we get one additional person, it costs an additional $500". But I assume SM wasn't proposing to get just one or a few more "open source developer" attendees. If we're talking abo

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread John C Klensin
--On Sunday, 18 August, 2013 08:33 -0400 Hadriel Kaplan wrote: >... > And it does cost the IETF lots of money to host the physical > meetings, and that cost is directly proportional to the number > of physical attendees. More attendees = more cost. I had promised myself I was finished with th

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread Hadriel Kaplan
On Aug 18, 2013, at 5:21 AM, SM wrote: > 1. If the IETF is serious about running code (see RFC 6982) it would try to > encourage open source developers to participate more effectively in the IETF. Define "open source developers". Technically quite a lot of developers at my employer develop

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 2:51 PM, SM wrote: > Hi Hadriel, > At 12:31 16-08-2013, Hadriel Kaplan wrote: > >> I may be misunderstanding you, but I'm proposing we charge "large >> corporations with large travel budgets" slightly *more* than others.[1] >> I'm not suggesting an overhaul of the system.

Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread SM
Hi Hadriel, At 12:31 16-08-2013, Hadriel Kaplan wrote: I may be misunderstanding you, but I'm proposing we charge "large corporations with large travel budgets" slightly *more* than others.[1] I'm not suggesting an overhaul of the system. I'm not proposing they get more attention, or more wei