In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Crocker writes:
>Folks,
>
>Norm Beamer is a partner at Fish & Neave, which specializes in
>intellectual property law. They did the patent for the Wright Brothers.
>
>I am forwarding his note at his request. This is not intended to state a
>concern that the IETF's current efforts regarding intellectual property
>are inadequate -- my non-expert guess is that we currently have pretty
>good policies and communicate them well.
>
>However it seems worthwhile to take note of a case and a warning that an
>expert thinks is relevant to us.
Thanks. This case has already been mentioned on the IPR wg's mailing
list. I do feel that our requirements are explicit now; we're making
sure that they're clear enough in IPR.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)
