[ih] Query: When did the IETF change to "everyone can come"?

[Craig Simon]

Hi Harald,

That general question has been raised here before, though not parsed as 
precisely.

These links may help, if you haven't checked them already.

General history by Henning Schulzrinne
http://www.iab.org/about/history.html

Reflections of Lixia Zhang
http://www.isoc.org/tools/blogs/ietfjournal/?p=70

Reflections of Craig Partridge
http://www.postel.org/pipermail/internet-history/2001-October/000062.html

Dave Mills would probably be a good source for better detail.
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/


Craig Simon

Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm writing an article on the IETF, where a very small part deals with 
> its history.
> 
> One thing I'd like to have right in that section:
> 
> - The IETF started out as "people who work on DARPA projects related to 
> the ARPAnet"
> - It continued as "people who work on ARPAnet/Internet connected networks"
> - At some point, it changed to "anyone who wants to can come".
> 
> Can someone help me by pointing out (with references, if possible) at 
> which IETF meetings those changes happened?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
>                      Harald
> 
>