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Re: patent threat for draft-housley-tls-authz-extns-07

2009-02-11 14:04:22
"Undergoing a ballot"?  Is it possible these people believe that
they're stuffing a ballot box?

Shows they do not understand what an IETF last call is about.

On 2/9/09, Rich Schultz <rich(_at_)tellme(_dot_)com> wrote:
draft-housley-tls-authz-extns-07 is currently undergoing a ballot to become a
 proposed standard, with the last call expiring on February 11.  
Unfortunately,
 this standard is encumbered by a patent owned by RedPhone Security.  While
 RedPhone has given a license to implementors of this protocol, they have
 not done so for users, so anyone using this standard may face a patent suit.

 The IETF should refrain from making this draft a proposed standard until the
 patent threat is entirely removed, that is, until RedPhone gives all users
 a royalty-free license.


 Rich Schultz
 Network Architect
 Tellme Networks
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