RE: Requirements Document

At 4:03 PM -0400 8/20/01, Brian Rosen wrote:
>No, I think it's acceptable to have some advice to implementers.
>I think it is unacceptable to have any kind of requirement about
>notice or consent.
>
>We can lead the horse to water....
>We can specify mechanisms to facilitate...

Yes, there must be mechanisms to facilitate negotiation of consent.
If the mechanism is required to be used, that puts a burden on
devices where consent is not required or meaningful to do The Right
Thing, and, moreover, take the time to exchange the messages.
However, requiring the mechanism be used doesn't necessarily affect
the UI or necessarily materially affect the user experience (Brian, I
have faith in your cleverness).

Requiring the mechanism does mean that revealing location information
will always be negotiated. Overall, that's a Good Thing.

best,

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john noerenberg
jwn2@qualcomm.com
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