Martin is right. OTOH Asking questions is legal.
However, answering them is optional. A > -----Original Message----- > From: BESS [mailto:bess-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Martin Vigoureux > Sent: 18 January 2018 11:12 > To: Ali Sajassi (sajassi); bess@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [bess] IPR Disclosure Eric Rescorla's Statement about IPR > related to > draft-ietf-bess-evpn-overlay belonging to Chemtron Research LLC > > Ali, > > licensing information is optional, as well as specifying which section > of the document is affected by the patent(s). > > regards, > Martin > > Le 2018-01-18 à 2:17, Ali Sajassi (sajassi) a écrit : > > > > Hi Martin, > > > > I have the following two questions: > > 1) The disclosed IPR doesn’t have the licensing declaration section filled > > up. Is > this section optional or is it just being overlooked? > > 2) I found the following url for this IPR: > https://www.google.com.pg/patents/US7936693. It would be good for the IPR > author to explain how this CPOL is related to this draft – i.e., what > section(s) of > the draft is covered by this IPR as I couldn’t figure it out by glancing > through it. > > > > Regards, > > Ali > > > > > > On 1/16/18, 1:56 PM, "BESS on behalf of Martin Vigoureux" <bess- > boun...@ietf.org on behalf of martin.vigour...@nokia.com> wrote: > > > > WG, > > > > as you can see, an IPR disclosure was made during the IESG review phase > > of draft-ietf-bess-evpn-overlay. We'd like to give you the opportunity > > to reflect on this and let us know if you see any reason not to proceed > > with the standardisation process. > > > > Deadline for voicing opinions is set to the 23rd of January. > > > > -m > > > > Le 2018-01-16 à 19:51, IETF Secretariat a écrit : > > > Dear Ali Sajassi, John Drake, Nabil Bitar, Ravi Shekhar, Jim Uttaro, > > Wim > Henderickx: > > > > > > > > > An IPR disclosure that pertains to your Internet-Draft entitled "A > > > Network Virtualization Overlay Solution using EVPN" > > > (draft-ietf-bess-evpn-overlay) was submitted to the IETF Secretariat > > on > and > > > has been posted on the "IETF Page of Intellectual Property Rights > > > Disclosures" (https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/3131/). The title of > > the IPR > > > disclosure is "Eric Rescorla's Statement about IPR related to > > > draft-ietf-bess-evpn-overlay belonging to Chemtron Research LLC" > > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > IETF Secretariat > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > BESS mailing list > > > BESS@ietf.org > > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bess > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BESS mailing list > > BESS@ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bess > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BESS mailing list > BESS@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bess _______________________________________________ BESS mailing list BESS@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bess