ballot on RAND mode

[Andreas Kuehne <kuehne@klup.de>]

Hi all,

I entered the conf call yesterday with the intent not to hamper the TC 
if it comes to balloting for RAND. But after hearing all your opinions, 
talking to my colleagues and doing a long dog walk I came to the 
conclusion that it's not a good way for DSS to go on under a RAND 
policy. Many other TC made transitions to RF. So any interested party 
looking at DSS on RAND will have the immediate 'beware, lawyers ahead !' 
impulse and will shy away from our spec. Paired with an rating of 
'that's not hard to re-invent' many potential users may start to tinker 
something on their own. So the work of this TC may cause the complete 
opposite effect of what we intended !

I don't want to spoil the party but I don't want to support wrapping the 
spec with barb wire. I'll vote 'NO' for RAND.

Greetings

Andreas

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