Re: [idn] Internet Driver Open Letter on InternationalizedDomain Names

[Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org>]

John, please allow me to be a bit less charitable than you. I spoke 
with someone from Internet Driver a year ago at the ICANN meeting, 
and explained the IETF process to them. The fact that they have not 
published an Internet Draft in a year indicates they don't intend to 
work with the IETF rules.

Further, Internet Driver proudly proclaims that their technology has 
pending patents. Unless the company explicitly details to the IETF 
how the licensing on its pending patent would be handled, I don't 
think it worth the time to read whatever technical document they 
produce.

This is not a criticism of the technology: it might be as wonderful 
as they suggest. The same is true for many of the encumbered 
technologies that have been presented in this WG. They just don't 
seem destined to become widely-used Internet standards.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium