Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't disagree with anything that you wrote, but the point here > > is that if there's a patent with GPL-incompatible licensing, you > > don't have permission to link that BSD-licensed code into a > > GPL-licensed program and distribute the result. > > And I would argue that the above issue is not a matter of concern to > the IETF. Having a reference implementation to encourage adoption of > the spec, that is of IETF's concern. The issue of GPL requirements > is, I would argue, Not Our Problem. Is it really your position that that is in no case a concern that IETF should consider??? For an extreme example, consider hypothetically the case that an essential part of the IPv6 protocol stack had such a patent issue. 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