I have come to know that the patented-standard that was scrubbed in February 2006 has resurfaced again and is now a "proposed standard". I would suggest that this standard be not approved unless the patent threat is removed entirely with a royalty-free license for all users. We depend on your organization to evaluate new proposals for standards and make sure that they are not encumbered by patents or any other sort of restriction that would prevent free software users and programmers from participating in the world they define. If someone holds a software patent on a technique that a programmer or user has to use in order to make use of a standard, then no one is free without getting permission from and paying the patent holder. If we are not careful, standards can become major barriers to computer users having and exercising their freedom. Hence, in this regard I request you not to approve the standard and scrub it as immediately as possible. The standard be approved only if RedPhone provides a royalty-free license for all users, otherwise the standard be never approved! Thanking you. -- Regards nilesh kr. Nilesh Kumar _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf