Note that RFC 3619 is a document published for the information of the
Internet community, via the RFC Editor, and not as part of the IETF
standards process; I don't believe that the IETF makes any requirement
on patent disclosure on such documents.
That said, it is nice that Extreme has disclosed the existence of its
IPR appliction, and it would be nice if the others would do so too. More
information that is useful for the Internet community.
Harald
Bill Su wrote:
Hi,
We are implementing an Ethernet protection ring. Then we found there
is an information RFC3619.
It is submitted by Extreme network and its IPR is protected by the
company too. We also found there are
some patents filed by Extreme. In addition to EAPS, we also found
there is MRP from Foundry, EPSR from
Allied Telesyn, ERP from Siemens. They are all like the same. Isn't it
legal violation? We tried to contact
Extreme before. But there is no concrete response on the licensing
process. Any comment is welcome.
Thanks.
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