Contents

• A Component of The LEAP Manifesto
• Introduction
• Protocol Phases of Development
  • Initial Protocol Development
  • Global Parameter Assignment
  • Protocol Publication
  • Patent-Freedom
  • Maintenance and Enhancement
  • Endorsement by a Standards Body
  
  
• Economic Consequences of Protocols
  • Principles for Maintaining Protocol Integrity
  
  
• Standards Organizations: Do They Mean Anything?
• Our Independence of the IETF
  • Do We Need the IETF?
  
  
• Bibliography