You are correct. None of us who contributed to SPKI/SDSI filed any patents or claimed any IP. This was intended to be freely available without restriction. So, commercial use is not hindered at all (and there have been at least 3, that I'm aware of).
- Carl +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Carl M. Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://theworld.com/~cme | | PGP: 75C5 1814 C3E3 AAA7 3F31 47B9 73F1 7E3C 96E7 2B71 | +---Officer, arrest that man. He's whistling a copyrighted song.---+ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josko Orsulic > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SPKI/SDSI Intellectual Property Issues? > > > Are there any intellectual property issues in regard to implementing > SPKI/SDSI? > > Nothing is mentioned in the RFCs or on the IETF Page of Intellectual > Property Rights Notices. I've searched for any reference to this, but > nothing definite came up. > > That would lead to the conclusion that SPKI/SDSI are free of > patent and > other IP claims. If this is true, commercial implementations > of SPKI/SDSI > technologies should be possible without licensing them, can anyone > confirm this? > > Thanks and best regards, > Josko > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Cryptography Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
