Hi, Refer http://samirsrivastava.typepad.com for posting on Standards And Patents. Copyright of posting on Standards And Patents is free for personal usage. Arguments were presented in favour of that standards and their usage should be free from patents. If standards are patentable then mathematical / scientific theories ( innovation of the perfection level) should be patentable also. IMHO after the development of the baseline specifications we lack freedom to standardize best. Standards are developed by community & for community. There is no role of patent hunters in that. Comments / flames on the blog or here are welcome. Regards Samir _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf