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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to the work of the IETF Trust and its counsel in preparing and circulating a revised, annotated draft of the IANA IPR License and Community Agreements on such short notice. Attached please find a table highlighting a few key
issues from those versions circulated by the trust on July 30.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We also would like to make one general comment on behalf of the CWG to give some context for the comments provided: The CWG has enshrined in its proposal as a condition regarding the transition the importance of “neutrality” in handling
the IANA Intellectual Property Rights. Achieving this neutrality has been a consistent driver in its work on the IANA-IPR transition and in its discussions with the various operational communities, including in the principal terms document. Originally the
CWG considered structural neutrality, which would have had the IANA-IPR housed in an independent, neutral body. As the IETF Trust emerged as the likely home for the IANA IPR, it became clear that structural neutrality was not possible, and that CWG's requirement
would need to be satisfied through "functional" neutrality, i.e., through agreements. We understood that the occupational communities recognized this inherent, potential conflict and would endeavor to achieve as much “functional” neutrality as possible, so
as to avoid undue actual or perceived influence being exerted by one community. This is to be achieved through the Community Agreement. It is with this context that Sidley Austin LLP, as outside counsel advising the CWG, has been instructed to provide comment
to both the IANA IPR License and to the Community Agreement. To be clear, CWG is not advocating for structural changes in the IETF Trust to achieve neutrality. However, serious consideration needs to be given to CWG's concerns and comments, which seek to
achieve an acceptable level of functional neutrality. The following comments highlight those provisions and concepts in the proposed agreements that we believe detract from that principle, and we look forward to engaging in some constructive discussion that
enables all participants to achieve a balancing of interests.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to speaking with everyone soon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">JOSHUA T. HOFHEIMER</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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