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5. Relationship to Other IETF Functions

Dieser Abschnitt bewahrt den RFC-Text zur IETF community moderation, einschliesslich disruptive participation, moderator team, procedures, transparency, appeals, reinstatement sowie der Beziehungen zu Ombudsteam und IETF LLC.

Originaler RFC-Text

5.  Relationship to Other IETF Functions

5.1. Relation to the Ombudsteam

Administrators and moderators shall complement the efforts of the
IETF Ombudsteam [OT], whose focus on anti-harassment shall remain
unchanged. Administrators and moderators should always report
suspected harassment. They should nonetheless take any necessary
actions regarding disruptive behavior.

5.2. Relation to the IETF LLC

The Board of Directors of the IETF Administration LLC (IETF LLC) has
fiduciary duty for the overall organization, which includes the duty
to protect the organization from serious legal risk that may arise
from the behavior of IETF participants.

This protection may include the need for the IETF LLC to take
emergency moderation actions. These emergency actions are expected
to be taken only when the IETF LLC has received legal advice that
such action is necessary and therefore will be extremely rare in
frequency. Some examples of where this might be necessary are:

* Someone making a credible threat of harm to other IETF
participants.

* Someone using IETF mailing lists and/or websites to share content
where publishing that content on IETF lists and/or websites brings
serious legal risk to the IETF.

* Someone making a credible threat of legal action where any form of
interaction with them on IETF mailing lists may have serious legal
consequences for the IETF.

If any such action is taken, the IETF LLC should, except where
limited by legal advice to the contrary, inform the IESG as soon as
possible, providing full details of the subject of the action, nature
of the action, reason for the action, and the expected duration. The
IETF LLC should also inform the moderator team and IETF community,
except where it receives legal advice to the contrary.

As such an action would be taken by the IETF LLC in order to protect
the IETF according to its fiduciary duty, then it cannot allow that
to be overridden by a decision of the moderator team or the IESG.
The subject of any such action may request a review by the IETF LLC
Board, as documented in Section 4.7 of [RFC8711].

Any such action taken by the IETF LLC under this section of this
policy is not subject to the rest of this policy.