As far as I know, there is only a patent application at this time, but it is likely to be published as a patent eventually. The author's company was founded in 2005. I'm not sure what "patent enforcement" means in practice. In any case, I'm not aware of any lawsuits from them, but I haven't looked. They have been trying to get GnuTLS to sign their patent license though.
/Simon Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Howdy all, > > Over on the IETF discussion list, I've been asked to "present > evidence" about the patent-encumbered status of the technology in > 'draft-housley-tls-authz-extns'. > > I don't have that information to hand, and am not sure where to look. > Can anyone help? > > -- > \ "[...] a Microsoft Certified System Engineer is to information | > `\ technology as a McDonalds Certified Food Specialist is to the | > _o__) culinary arts." -- Michael Bacarella | > Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Please oppose patent-encumbered technologies, including > draft-housley-tls-authz-extns > To: Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:50:38 -0400 > >>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ben> To whom it may concern, I have been made aware that the > Ben> technology described in the 'draft-housley-tls-authz-extns' > Ben> proposal is encumbered by patents held by entities with a > Ben> history of patent enforcement. > > I'd appreciate your evidence for both of these claims. 1) That the > technology is covered by patents. 2) That those claiming these > patents have a history of enforcing. > > I'm aware of evidence that a party has claimed to have patents that > cover the technology. > That's significantly weaker than your claim 1. > > ---------- _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
