--On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 17:22 -0400 Alan Clark
<alan(_dot_)d(_dot_)clark(_at_)telchemy(_dot_)com> wrote:
John, Brian
Most standards organizations require that participants who
have, or whose company has, IPR relevant to a potential
standard, disclose this at an early stage and at least prior
to publication.
The participants in the IETF are individuals however RFC3979
addresses this by stating that any individual participating in
an IETF discussion "must" make a disclosure if they are aware
of IPR from themselves, their employer or sponsor, that could
be asserted against an implementation of a contribution. The
question this raises is - what does participation in a
...
Alan,
Variations on these themes and options have been discussed
multiple times. Of course, circumstances change and it might be
worth reviewing them again, especially if you have new
information. However, may I strongly suggest that you take the
question to the ipg-wg mailing list. Most or all of the people
who are significantly interested in this topic, including those
who are most responsible for the current rules and conventions,
are on that list. Your raising it there would permit a more
focused and educated discussion than you are likely to find on
the main IETF list.
Subscription and other information is at
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipr-wg
best,
john