On 1/6/17 9:25 AM, Mukund Sivaraman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 01:48:59AM +0000, Warren Kumari wrote:
>>> (2) In a feature implemented for Unbound:
>>>
>>> - Unbound first checks cache
>>>
>>> - If a stale answer is found, its TTL is set to 0, and the cache entry
>>>   is served
>>>
>>> - If a stale answer is found, Unbound starts something similar to
>>>   prefetch/HAMMER.
>>>
>>>> NOTE: I believe that there may be (non-Google) IP associated with
>>>> this. A lawyer will be filing the IPR disclosure later today (time
>>>> zone differences, etc).
>>> The two approaches are somewhat different, and so at least one of them
>>> may not be covered by this patent.
>>>
>> Yup. The IPR disclose was about IPR belonging to Xerocole. Xerocole was
>> acquired by Akamai in March 2015. I believe that David will discuss the IPR
>> with his employer.
> Please explore if this patent can be circumvented without affecting the
> goal of the draft, so that it does not apply. It would be better than
> licensing it under some legal terms.
IMHO this can be better expressed as a preference for unencumbered
technology.

the working group should not as far as I am concerned get buried in how
precisely to achieve that.
> Consequently, if the patented method is strictly adopted, please include
> an explanation of why it could not be circumvented.
>
>               Mukund
>
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