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[Curtis Villamizar <curtis@fictitious.org>]

In message <200404052214.PAA24523@redback.com>, Naiming Shen writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We presented the below two drafts in Seoul ietf, and we would like
> them to be discussed more on this mailing alias. The authors would
> like to move them into WG documents. We are very interested in any
> comments on them.
> 
> draft-shen-nhop-fastreroute-00.txt
> draft-shen-mpls-ldp-nnhop-label-00.txt
> 
> thanks.
> - Naiming


I'd say reject them both on the basis that they contain the following
statement.

  7. Intellectual Property Considerations

   Redback Networks may have intellectual property rights claimed in
   regard to some of the specification contained in this document.

We can't be moving things to standards which are encumbered by
intellectual property restrictions.

Curtis