Dean:

This document was not a product of a working group. The action
described in the note from Sam Hartman is a return to "square one"
for an individual submission.

Russ

At 01:25 AM 3/1/2007, Dean Anderson wrote:
>To: Attorney Contreras
> IESG Member Sam Hartman
> IESG
> ISOC Board of Directors
>
>The omission of disclosure cannot be fixed by just submitting the
>disclosure documenation at the very end of the standardization process.
>The policy is that the Working Group is supposed to consider
>non-patented alternatives early in the process. This document really
>should be sent back to square one, so that the working group can
>investigate non-patented alternatives, in accordance with IETF policy.
>Is the IESG going to make them do that?
>
>This is not the first time that the IETF management has ignored the
>patent policy. I remind you |again| that the IETF previously ignored my
>complaints that the DNSEXT WG Chair prevented discussion of non-patented
>alternatives, refused to perform the 3rd party disclosure for a draft
>involving elliptic curve cryptography, a field well-known for its
>patent-activity. When I complained to the IETF about this, Steven
>Bellovin said that RFC3979 wasn't the policy of the IETF, and
>subsequently false charges were filed against me for disputing Bellovin.
>Related to this, the IETF management and other financially interested
>participants have made defamatory fabrications and conducted other
>fraudulent, questionable and tortious activity. The false charges
>resulted in the unlawful suspension of my ISOC IETF activity
>participation. The suspension is unlawful because the suspension was
>carried out without a bylaw or vote of the membership, as required by
>law. The suspension was also carried out without even the
>organization's normal due process, and with fabricated reports of
>"consensus".
>
>Conflicting financial interests by the IETF and ISOC management have
>already been documented, including a continuing pattern of defamation
>dating back to at least 2003, and similar patterns of activity against
>others who question or dispute the ruling management. Recently, the
>significant assets of the ISOC have been transferred into a trust
>controlled by cronies of the persons with conflicted interests,
>executing a plan action begun, according to records, shortly before the
>false misconduct charges were made against me. This appears to be a
>fraudulent transfer to avoid the consequences of torts already accrued
>or about to be accrued.
>
>Attorney Contreras has recently represented that RFC3979 is the policy
>of the IETF, contradicting Bellovin.
>
>The membership is entitled to have the policies of the IETF carried out
>fairly, honestly, and regularly. The membership is entitled to have the
>loyalty and fiduciary duty of the Board of Directors in ensuring that
>the policies and purposes of the ISOC are executed by the management,
>and that the assets of the ISOC do not improperly inure to private
>interests. The membership is entitled to have an accounting.
>
>These are big problems. I'm not sensing that there is any work on these
>big problems. Perhaps judicial supervision would be helpful. Please
>consider this a demand on the Board of Directors.
>
>Dean Anderson
>President of Av8 Internet, Inc
>President of the League for Programming Freedom
>
>
>
>On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Sam Hartman wrote:
>
> > Eric Rescorla has agreed to deal with the third party disclosure on my
> > behalf.
> >
> > thanks for all the volunteers of help.
> >
> >
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