Sir or Madam:
this proposed standard contains a patent protected technology,
patented by RedPhone Security.
This must not be allowed to become a standard because that means
everyone who wants to use it will have to apply for and purchase a
licence. RedPhone Security will have total control of a standard
because of this and will be able to exert full control over who uses
it and on what terms.
This is bad standardisation because it gives a monopoly, something
that medieval monarchs used to raise revenue.
Reject this standard outright unless the patent technology is put into
the public domain.
Alan Chard
Ireland
10 Feb 2009
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