-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 To Whom It May Concern: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) just made me aware of a proposal that requires our immediate attention. I am a user who depends on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) to evaluate new proposals for standards that make sure I am not encumbered by patents or any other sort of restriction preventing free software users such as myself and programmers from participating in the world we define. In February 2006, a standard for "TLS authorization" was introduced in the IETF for consideration. Very late in the discussion, a company called RedPhone Security disclosed that they applied for a patent which would need to be licensed to anyone wanting to practice the standard. After this disclosure, the proposal was rejected. Despite claims that RedPhone have offered a license for implementation of this protocol, users of this protocol would still be threatened by the patent. The IETF should continue to oppose this standard until RedPhone provides a royalty-free license for all users. Thank you. ~steve Steven C. Morreale, M.D./M.P.H. Geriatric Medicine Fellow Emory University Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GNUPG (www.gnupg.org) Public Encryption Key Fingerprint: 9C2E7C77D332B59E4403B2CE012F5DC71036DFBA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GNUPG Public Encryption Keyring (www.biglumber.com): https://biglumber.com/x/web?keyring=4972 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E-mail (signed/encrypted ONLY): steve"dot"morreale"at"drgnu"dot"org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Webpage: http://www.drgnu.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Free Software Foundation (www.fsf.org) Member #:6887 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJj9tCAS9dxxA237oRAhkoAJ0cXIXO/CQ9M/DTXaU83fcKRtuh1wCgoRFU XuPrxzGA8eYN/Y11pQp2MWo= =dcYH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf