IFX> RE: IPP> Communication from the IESG on QUALDOCS Charter

IFX> RE: IPP> Communication from the IESG on QUALDOCS Charter

Richard Shockey rshockey at ix.netcom.com
Thu Jan 13 17:44:53 EST 2000


At 02:11 PM 1/13/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Richard,
>
>I can understand the IESG concerns about the concept of "legal" identity
>exchange and "proof of delivery". As far as I know, the legal status of
>facsimile messages today has been based on actual court decisions about
>real life cases, rather than any initial legal protection for facsimile.

I think you are right as well. I cut that language out of the revised 
charter text. Its just not that important.

>I think we need to provide solutions that are as good as current
>technology allow us, and take our chances whether a court decides in
>an actual future case whether it was good enough to match facsimile.

Amen to that.


>Are you sure you want to have the Goals and Requirements as a
>Standards Track RFC? I think a more common case is that
>such documents get published as Informational, while the
>actual technical specs go on the Standards Track. This might have
>been handled a bit differently for the IETF FAX documents, as the
>ITU does not make this distinction.


You are entirely correct 2542 is Informational and our goals document 
should be the same .. I'll modify that before I send the charter to the IESG.




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