> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Henry Sinnreich > > 3. The main deliverable of a WG is free software to validate and support > the > protocol document and its refinement. If no free software is contributed, > the WG activity should be suspended. Internet-Drafts not supported by > freely > available software (that can be inspected and tried out) and measurements > cannot be proven right or wrong and should therefore be ignored. > There is plenty of IEEE and University work to prove this approach, which > was also the basis for the rise and success of the IETF.
Since when is the main deliverable of the IETF free software? The main deliverable of the IETF is documentation, for the purpose of achieving interoperability, to make the Internet better. That's it. (i.e., RFC 3935) Open source implementation is one means to an end goal, not the end goal itself. And as it is, I think some of the extensions in SIP have *only* been implemented in open source software and never seen the light of day in real world use even of that open source software. (or in any degree one would consider "broad use") In that sense, maybe we should only continue work in things that have seen commercial implementation! ;) -hadriel _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions on current sip Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for new developments on the application of sip
