-industrial support. The organization is welcoming to
-companies, but it keeps financial support and marketing
-activities (while both important) at arms length from the technical
-process. We share the concept that proper behavior of participants
-and member companies is most strongly shaped by code of ethics,
-captured in organization rules and social norms, rather than threats
-of legal reprocusions. The broader marketplace is a more effective
-enforcement body than any technical organization. Thus, we ask that
-participants declare relevant IP that they are aware of, rather than
-force a strict accounting of potentially relevant IP. We encourage
-the development of open solutions that implemented without need
-particular proprietary IP. In the IETF, this is addressed by the
-requirement of multiple interoperable implementations before
-standardization. If such implementations can be developed without
-legal issues, it is likely that other non-infringing implementations
-are possible. Like IETF, we seek a lean bureacracy adn mostly
-volunteer organization.
+industrial support. The organization is welcoming to companies, but
+it keeps financial support and marketing activities (while both
+important) at arms length from the technical process. We share the
+concept that proper behavior of participants and member companies is
+most strongly shaped by code of ethics, captured in organization rules
+and social norms, rather than threats of legal reprocusions. The
+broader marketplace is a more effective enforcement body than any
+technical organization. Thus, we ask that participants declare
+relevant IP that they are aware of, rather than force a strict
+accounting of potentially relevant IP. We encourage the development
+of open solutions that are implemented without the need for particular
+proprietary IP. In the IETF, this is addressed by the requirement of
+multiple interoperable implementations before standardization. If
+such implementations can be developed without legal issues, it is
+likely that other non-infringing implementations are possible. Like
+IETF, we seek a lean bureacracy and mostly volunteer organization.