On Monday 22 October 2007 16:27, John C Klensin wrote: > I also note that we can easily get onto a slippery slope here. > Many companies view the GPL to be an encumbrance no less severe > than the patent policies of other companies. Perhaps it is even > more severe because encumbrances associated with patents that > can be made to go away by the payment of money are less > complicated to deal with (if one is willing to spent the money) > than encumbrances under the GPS, which just don't go away. > Would you recommend that IETF not permit any materials that > might be encumbered under the GPL, etc.? That sounds reasonable to me. To promote global interoperability, standards need to be implementable throughout the internet ecosystem, both Free and Proprietary. Scott K _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf