At 5:47 PM +0000 9/25/07, Paul Vixie wrote:
in <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/21/802_11n_patent_threat/>, we see:
Letters of Assurance are requested from all parties
holding patents which may be applicable to any IEEE
standard. Basically they state that the patent owner
won't sue anyone for implementing the standard. ...
i was thinking, what a great policy. why doesn't IETF have one like it?
May I point you to the IPR mailing list, where discussions of this nature
are in scope? ipr-wg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org, usual protocol for joining....
regards,
Ted Hardie
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