Scott W Brim <sbrim@xxxxxxxxx>: > However, there appears to be rough consensus emerging that an IPR > assertion is acceptable if any of the following are true: > > - a license is explicitly not required. > > - a license is explicitly free with no restrictions. > > - a license is explicitly free with rights of "defensive suspension" > (what Harald calls "no first use"). This is very close to W3C's policy. OSI could get probably get behind it, though the details of "no first use" would have to be carefully specified. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf