>Apparently, publishing a message as "experimental" is an invitation >by the IETF to experiment with a new protocol. What sense does that >bear, if accepting IETF invitations is likely to result in legal >troubles? In North America, at least, experimentation per se doesn't infringe patents. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_exemption Can we stop playing Junior Lawyer now, please? R's, John _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf