Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!

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>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
    >> I'm with ESR on this one.  The W3C bit the bullet and built a
    >> patent/IPR policy that has integrity and is based on the notion
    >> that the Net works properly when important components can be
    >> built by un-funded independents without worrying about getting
    >> their asses sued by someone with a patent portfolio.  If the IETF
    >> wants to ignore history and build an Internet where that doesn't
    >> hold, feel free, but it's not a very interesting kind of place.
    >> -Tim

    Bill> the question of interest to an IETF working group is whether
    Bill> the existance of a particular IPR claim is a barrier to
    Bill> adoption of the technology.

    Bill> Many IPR claims are bogus.

  yet, I've tried to have this conversation SEVERAL times in the IPsec
WG wrt both the Certicom claim and the Microsoft NAT-T claims.

  In both cases, I've been told that I'm not a lawyer.

    Bill> If there is WG consensus that the IPR claim does not serve as
    Bill> a barrier to adoption, we should not delay work on a standard
    Bill> until the IPR claim is definitively proven bogus in the
    Bill> courts.

  I don't think that the question was ever properly asked.

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