Simon Josefsson <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think the solution here is to come up with a reasonable definition of > "free" that would fail to be met in the specific case of BOCU. I don't > think it is an impossible problem to solve. How about 'Should be > possible to implement without having to pay for a patent license'? That's IMO not quite strong enough. There are patent licenses which don't require to pay a fee but which impose other conditions that are so severe that having to pay a fee would be by far the lesser evil. How about: 'Should be possible to implement without having to ask for permission or pay a fee'? Greetings, Norbert. -- Norbert Bollow <nb@xxxxxxxxx> http://Norbert.ch President of the Swiss Internet User Group SIUG http://SIUG.ch Working on establishing a non-corrupt and truly /open/ international standards organization http://OpenISO.org _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf