Forwarded on behalf of Dean. /Simon Dean Anderson <dean@xxxxxxx> writes: > Simon, could you please forward this to the IETF list. I suspect there > are many people who don't know about the WIPO filing, or don't realize > what it means for them. > > Thanks, > > --Dean > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:21:50 -0400 (EDT) > From: Dean Anderson <dean@xxxxxxx> > To: Simon Josefsson <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Mark Brown <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, hartmans-ietf@xxxxxxx, > ietf@xxxxxxxx, iesg@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Withdrawal of Approval and Second Last Call: > draft-housley-tls-authz-extns > > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Simon Josefsson wrote: > >> Finally, here is another problem to consider: Your patent isn't valid >> in the entire world. > > This isn't exactly true. RedphoneSecurity has a WIPO patent filing. That > gives them priority in every WIPO country, which is basically the > civilized world. (184 member countries). > http://www.wipo.int/members/en/ > > The patent is valid for priority in Sweden. Swedish residents will have > to obtain a patent license. > > --Dean > > >> You will run into situations where a manufacture >> is not bound or affected by your license. Only end-users or >> re-distributors in some countries will be affected. I believe this is >> the case for GnuTLS, I developed the tls-authz functionality in Sweden >> and as far as I can tell your patent isn't valid here. I see no >> reason to request or agree with the GUL. You may want to offer a >> license not only to manufacturers, but to end-users or >> re-distributors. This makes the licensing situation much more >> complex. > > -- > Av8 Internet Prepared to pay a premium for better service? > www.av8.net faster, more reliable, better service > 617 344 9000 _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf