> > > patent raid on a development standard, and invited future raids by > > > Microsoft and others. > > > > Given that the WG was shutdown with no ratified standard, this also seems > > like a serious misrepresentation. > > In what way? Microsoft now knows that with the mere threat of a patent > it either can shut down IETF standards work it dislikes or seize control > of the results through the patent system. The IETF has dignaled that it > will do nothing to oppose or prevent these outcomes. How so Eric? Could you give an example of potential weakness in the IETF process that could be exploited? So perhaps we could start patching? How would such a patent based denial of service attack scenario play out? > > > The raid *failed* - thanks to the IETF doing the right thing. > > It looks like success to me. Not really. We still have email. > -- > <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > sleekfreak pirate broadcast http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/ _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf