On 01-Nov-2007, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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'.
> 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. Thanks. Can you point us to information about the specific patent application? > 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. I don't suppose any of this is online where I can point others to it? -- \ "Reichel's Law: A body on vacation tends to remain on vacation | `\ unless acted upon by an outside force." -- Carol Reichel | _o__) | Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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