[ih] This Review is for Everyone

[Dave Crocker]

On 3/11/2026 11:58 PM, Brian E Carpenter via Internet-history wrote:
> If anyone is in the least interested, I have posted a rather personal 
> review of TimBL's recent book:

"p.94 describes the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 
<https://www.ietf.org> as a "non-profit". This is inaccurate. The IETF 
itself isn't incorporated in any way and has no formal membership model."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization:

> A *nonprofit organization* (*NPO*), also known as a *nonbusiness 
> entity*,^[1] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization#cite_note-ciconte-1> 
> *nonprofit institution*,^[2] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization#cite_note-2> 
> *not-for-profit organization* (*NFPO*),^[3] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization#cite_note-3> or 
> simply *nonprofit*,^[a] 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization#cite_note-4> is 
> a non-governmental entity 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_entity> that operates 
> for a collective, public, or social benefit, rather than to generate 
> profit for private owners.

'non-profit' seems entirely apt.

d/

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