Just a little clarification for the archives as this is of course again mis-propaganda etc.... On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 15:58 -0400, Joe Baptista wrote: > Yes - both patents attempt to take control of the adding of tlds to a root > zone file. The second patent recorded on 6 July 2005 is an attempt to > further recognize the proceedure as being commercial. Will need some > native speakers to make out the exact wording on the original patents. <SNIP> > > http://nl.ecodoc.mineco.fgov.be/BASIS/BREV/web/brevwebdut11/DDW?W%3DTI+PH+IS+%27TECHNOLOGIE+EN+BUSINESSMODEL+INZAKE%27%26M%3D2%26K%3D004/0623%26R%3DY%26U%3D1 > > > > http://nl.ecodoc.mineco.fgov.be/BASIS/BREV/web/brevwebdut11/DDW?W%3DTI+PH+IS+%27TECHNOLOGIE+EN+BUSINESSMODEL+INZAKE%27%26M%3D1%26K%3D005/0340%26R%3DY%26U%3D1 For Non Dutch Speaking people, these two URL's both contain a very important part: 8<---------------- Beperkingen: 4. GEWEIGERD / AFGEWEZEN 20050404 ---------------->8 Which translates to: 8<---------------- Limitations: 4. REJECTED 20050404 ---------------->8 In other words, nobody is getting any patent. There would be a lot of prior art anyway ;) Now back to your normal IETF schedule.... Greets, Jeroen
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