Richard M Stallman <rms at gnu dot org> wrote:
I have nothing against obtaining patents to be used only defensively. > If company A wants to do this, I presume it will start by give > everyone a royalty-free license to use the original standard.>> We can also imagine a troll trap condition of the form "provided you > don't participate in any other patent license covering the use of the > standard which is offered to the general public and requires payment > to any specified party." I would not object to conditions of that > sort. IANAL so I don't know whether such conditions are considered > lawful in any country.
This is completely different from the hundred or so "campaign" e-mails sent to this list which said that all software patents are evil and all software standards must be 100% patent-free. --Doug Ewell * Thornton, Colorado, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN #14http://www.ewellic.orghttp://www1.ietf.org/html.charters/ltru-charter.htmlhttp://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages ˆ _______________________________________________Ietf mailing listIetf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf