Sirs:
I would like to voice my opposition to approving the TLS-authorization
technology as an experimental standard.
The reason for this opposition is that a company, RedPhone Security, has
applied for a patent on this technology. Approving patented or patent pending
technology as an internet standard, even an experimental one, would lead to
fragmentation as free software implementations like GnuTLS could not legally
implement the standard, thus hindering interoperability. This would apply
equally to commercial implementations, unless each vendor licenses the
technology once a patent is granted.
Please reject the standardization request.
Mit freundlichem Gruß / Kind Regards
Jan H. Haul
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