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[Brian E Carpenter]

So, I'm sticking to my guns. It's IETF LLC which now gets financial support from ISOC; before IETF LLC existed, IETF monies were managed by an ISOC employee. In neither case were IETF participants (including the IETF Chair) in any formal way identified as members or part of or employed by an incorporated entity. So the IETF isn't a legal entity, actually.

Regards/Ngā mihi
    Brian

On 13-Mar-26 08:11, Andrew Sullivan via Internet-history wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> I did not say that, as I think you know perfectly well. I also think it’s tiresome (not to say rude) to make your interlocutors routinely need to point out a straw person.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> A
> —
> Andrew Sullivan
> Please excuse my clumbsy thums
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2026, at 12:40, Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote:
>> On 3/12/2026 9:28 AM, Andrew Sullivan via Internet-history wrote:
>>> Like it or not, all the legal existence of the IETF is subordinate to the Internet Society.
>>
>>
>> Ahh.  So the IETF did not exist before ISOC.  And if ISOC disappeared, so would the IETF.
>>
>> Good to know.
>>
>> d/
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