Tim Polk <tim(_dot_)polk(_at_)nist(_dot_)gov> writes:
The IESG solicits final comments on whether the IETF community has
consensus to publish draft-housley-tls-authz-extns as an experimental
standard given the IPR claimed. Comments can be sent to
ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
or exceptionally to iesg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org(_dot_) Comments should be sent
by
2007-10-23.
I was negative to publication during the earlier last calls, and I
continue to be so. The primary reason remains the uncertainty of the
IPR situation. It is not clear to me that I can implement this
protocol
freely without the burden of patent licenses. I'm speaking as a free
software implementer of this document (see GnuTLS, <www.gnutls.org>).
As the sponsoring AD, I would like to explain why I support publication
as an Experimental RFC. To quote RFC 2026, “Such a specification is
published for the general information of the Internet technical
community
and as an archival record of the work.” Given the technical merits of
the
document and the existence of independent implementations, I believe
it is in the interest of the community to have an archival record of
this work.
I believe that is a poor argument, because the only implementation I am
aware of is the one I wrote. And I'm opposed to publication of the
document.
To clarify that the part of the community that I'm a member of is not
interested in supporting this technology, we have decided to remove our
implementation. See the announcement for GnuTLS in:
** TLS authorization support removed.
This technique may be patented in the future, and it is not of crucial
importance for the Internet community. After deliberation we have
concluded that the best thing we can do in this situation is to
encourage society not to adopt this technique. We have decided to
lead the way with our own actions.
<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.network.gnutls.general/955>
I hope you will reconsider sponsoring the document.
/Simon
_______________________________________________
Ietf mailing list
Ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf