[governance] Re: RFC 6852: Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

About 80% of RFCs are written by US firms employees. Approval based on
decibels guarantees a majority for the more numerous US delegation.
Internet draft standards are not exchanged with international standard
bodies for comments. The real process is driven by US industry, and does
not conform to the well wishing statements of the document.

Even though the wording smacks of "the flag and motherhood", I don't feel
it's worth signing on it.

Louis
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> I agree with some of Stephane's caveats; we have to be careful not to be
> drawn into the IETF culture's paranoia about ITU as that is irrelevant to
> the future of Internet governance. I also agree with Stephane that IAB
> often acts unilaterally to make policy pronouncements while at the same
> time wrapping itself in the mantle of open and bottom up standards making.
>
> Nevertheless I can't find anything in the document to disagree with. Since
> standardization is an essential, if not central aspect of internet
> governance, I also can't agree with those who say this is out of scope. The
> idea that calling attention to the way forces of supply and demand shape
> ICT products and services somehow disses civil society strikes me as the
> kind of insularity that keeps civil society marginalized. In particular,
> look at the principles enumerated in section 2: it speaks of participation,
> fairness, due process, transparency, balance. Why anti-market ideologues
> can make this problematic is beyond me.
>
>
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