At 5:47 PM +0000 9/25/07, Paul Vixie wrote: >in <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/21/802_11n_patent_threat/>, we see: > > Letters of Assurance are requested from all parties > holding patents which may be applicable to any IEEE > standard. Basically they state that the patent owner > won't sue anyone for implementing the standard. ... > >i was thinking, what a great policy. why doesn't IETF have one like it? > May I point you to the IPR mailing list, where discussions of this nature are in scope? ipr-wg@xxxxxxxx, usual protocol for joining.... regards, Ted Hardie _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf