Were it that easy. An IEEE LoA can be RAND, can be RANDZ, or can state that the company won't RAND nor RANDZ. On 9/25/07, Paul Vixie <paul@xxxxxxx> 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? > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > -- Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin Principal Engineer Corporate Standardization (US) SISA _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf