Re: Nomcom candidate name announcement alternatives

[Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>]

Dave Crocker wrote:
> 
> At 04:09 AM 7/17/2002 -0400, Scott  Bradner wrote:
> >somone should check to see if privacy laws in Europe (for example)
> >would rule out being able to post names w/o the ability for
> >an individual to opt out

This occurred to me a few days ago. I think the answer is that publication 
would have to be written up as a condition of *accepting* nomination, and 
that eliminates the option of publishing the list before acceptance.

[I am not a lawyer; the usual disclaimers and jokes apply.]

> >
> >(i.e. its not all culture)
> 
> Is the IETF subject to the union of the laws from all the countries that
> have participants in our activities?

Some participants are subject to every one of those laws.

> 
> If the answer is no -- as I suspect it is -- then we need to know what kind
> of effect our rules have on people from countries that have rules in
> conflict with ours.

Whose was that again?

> 
> If the answer is yes, we need to know how to reconcile rules from different
> countries that conflict with each other.

You can't, in the general case. But for privacy laws, the only safe choice is
to apply the strictest law.

   Brian