The MPLS WG Archive

[Loa Andersson <loa@pi.se>]

All,

(taking the chair hat off)

I agree with Scott here. This one of the rasons why we have
put effort on writing the (g)mpls-change-process.

IETF should have conrol over the MPLS protocols, "non-MPLSing"
T-MPLS just makes this harder. Insisting in renaming would
just feed the trolls that want split out an ITU-MPLS.

(hat back on - my kids tells me I looks ridiculous in a hat ;) )

but anyway please feel free to have opinions on the (re-)naming
issue.

/Loa

Scott W Brim wrote:
> On 04/24/2006 11:13 AM, Thomas D. Nadeau allegedly wrote:
> 
>>    There were no comments to the contrary as
>>far as I can tell. That is, no one commented
>>on the list or at the meeting that leaving
>>MPLS in the name as okay. I did however, hear
>>at least 3 responses to explicitly strike MPLS
>>from the name.
> 
> 
> I spoke against insisting on renaming, although maybe not on this list.
>  So far the ITU-T's stated intention is to define a subset of MPLS, not
> to create something new.  See their liaison: "The intent of these
> Recommendations is not to change MPLS but rather to identify a subset of
> existing MPLS necessary and sufficient to provide connection-oriented
> packet transport."  There is no need or advantage to asking them to take
> "MPLS" out of their name until it is clearly no longer a subset.  That
> will depend on how the current discussion goes.  Let's not create the
> future we are concerned about.
> 
> You bring up trademark.  That's unrelated -- it's not the IETF and the
> ITU, it's between the IETF and whoever trademarked something with "MPLS"
> in it.
> 
> Thanks ... Scott
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