On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Harry Katz wrote:
On Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:36 AM, Roy Arends wrote:
What I'm concerned about is that licensing of technology
developed and published through the IETF sets a precedent.
We'll be drifting from the mudpool to the quicksand.
There are dozens and dozens of IETF specifications that have associated
IPR claims. Please refer to http://www.ietf.org/ipr.html for a current
list.
I should be more clear. I implied "This specific type of license where I
need to contact company X or Y to get a license when I distribute source
code that includes an IETF standard".
In fact this "precedent" has long been established and, as I understand
it, deliberately so in order to encourage organizations to contribue
their IPR to standards efforts.
Thanks for the handwave, but the specific license in question does create
a precedent.
Roy