Re: A priori IPR choices [Re: Third LastCall:draft-housley-tls-authz-extns]

2007-10-24 Thread Theodore Tso
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 01:04:32PM -0700, Ted Hardie wrote: I believe it is fairer to recognize that in your example proposal B is known to have been patented where A is not. There is always the chance that someone will turn out to have secured rights which they later claim read on A. In

Re: When is using patented technology appropriate?

2007-10-24 Thread Simon Josefsson
Sam Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon == Simon Josefsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon Frank Ellermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon Josefsson wrote: I would even consider a requirement that in order to move beyond Proposed Standard, a protocol needs to have a

Re: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Norbert Bollow
Scott Kitterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And that will never fly (IANAL) with the GPL and so here we sit at an impasse again. So either a GPL implementation is important to interoperability in a given space or it is not. If it is important to interoperabilty, then this is a showstopper.

FYI 28 (was: A priori IPR choices)

2007-10-24 Thread Frank Ellermann
Philippe Verdy wrote: We do have lots of informational RFCs which are still needed and actively used, sometimes even required (notably those in the BCP series, like the Netiquette which has become a requirement for almost all ISP customers, as part of their contract, despite they are only

Re: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Frank Ellermann
Theodore Tso wrote: [BOCU-1] Can someone give an example of someone who has requested a license but not received one, please? Apparently somebody tried and got no answer, compare http://article.gmane.org/gmane.text.unicode.devel/23259

Re: secdir review of draft-ietf-tsvwg-ecn-mpls-02.txt

2007-10-24 Thread Lars Eggert
Authors, if you want to change the draft based on the sec-dir or gen-art reviews, please let me know and either send me a corresponding RFC Editor Note or tell me that you're submitting a new draft. Lars On 2007-10-23, at 9:06, ext Tom Yu wrote: Bob == Bob Briscoe [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-psamp-framework (A Framework for Packet Selection and Reporting) to Informational RFC

2007-10-24 Thread Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
Here are my Technical and Editorial comments: T1: page 19, Section 6.1 - The Metering Process must support inclusion of the following in each Packet Report, as a configurable option: (iii) a basic report on the packet, i.e., some number of

Re: When is using patented technology appropriate?

2007-10-24 Thread Tony Finch
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Sam Hartman wrote: However I feel there is something pathalogical going on in the open source community surrounding patents. People are willing to use technologies that probably have patents but are unwilling to use technologies that clearly have patents and that have a

Re: When is using patented technology appropriate?

2007-10-24 Thread Sam Hartman
Simon == Simon Josefsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon Sam Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon == Simon Josefsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon Frank Ellermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon Josefsson wrote: I would even consider a requirement that in order

Re: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 06:50, Norbert Bollow wrote: Scott Kitterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And that will never fly (IANAL) with the GPL and so here we sit at an impasse again. So either a GPL implementation is important to interoperability in a given space or it is not. If it is

Re: A priori IPR choices [Re: Third LastCall:draft-housley-tls-authz-extns]

2007-10-24 Thread Ted Hardie
At 8:10 PM -0400 10/23/07, Theodore Tso wrote: On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 01:04:32PM -0700, Ted Hardie wrote: I believe it is fairer to recognize that in your example proposal B is known to have been patented where A is not. There is always the chance that someone will turn out to have secured

Re: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Ted Hardie
No. My point was that for the IETF, interoperability is the goal, not some general statement about goodness of Free software. In many/most/maybe all cases, this will require any IPR restrictions to be GPL compatible. Can you think of an open-source project interested in the work of CCAMP? That

RE: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Lawrence Rosen
Ted Hardie wrote: The point being, of course, that there is a world of difference between many and all here. If there is no development community using the GPL in an area, forcing the IPR restrictions to meet a GPL test may hinder development rather than enhance it, especially in cases where

RE: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Hallam-Baker, Phillip
GPL would not be a criterion I would consider reasonable. And in particular I would not accept the idea that the IETF or any other body be committed to whatever notions insert themselves into RMS in the future. I have actually met RMS. What I would like to do here is to arrive at a set of

RE: FYI 28 (was: A priori IPR choices)

2007-10-24 Thread Hallam-Baker, Phillip
Not as out of date as some sources http://davidguy.brinkster.net/computer/ It was my first computer book. From: Frank Ellermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 24/10/2007 7:58 AM To: ietf@ietf.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FYI 28 (was: A priori IPR

Re: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 14:01, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: GPL would not be a criterion I would consider reasonable. And in particular I would not accept the idea that the IETF or any other body be committed to whatever notions insert themselves into RMS in the future. I have actually

RE: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: GPL would not be a criterion I would consider reasonable. And in particular I would not accept the idea that the IETF or any other body be committed to whatever notions insert themselves into RMS in the future. There are plenty of much less

RE: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Ted Hardie
At 10:02 AM -0700 10/24/07, Lawrence Rosen wrote: Ted Hardie wrote: The point being, of course, that there is a world of difference between many and all here. If there is no development community using the GPL in an area, forcing the IPR restrictions to meet a GPL test may hinder development

RE: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Hallam-Baker, Phillip
I would accept GPL 2.0, but not GPL without any qualifier such that the IETF was required to comply with whatever scheme RMS has thought up this week to reinsert himself at the center of attention. From: Tony Finch on behalf of Tony Finch Sent: Wed 24/10/2007

Re: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Norbert Bollow
Phillip Hallam-Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would accept GPL 2.0, but not GPL without any qualifier such that the IETF was required to comply with whatever scheme RMS has thought up this week to reinsert himself at the center of attention. I wouldn't have any objections to a policy which

Re: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Norbert Bollow
Ted Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No. My point was that for the IETF, interoperability is the goal, not some general statement about goodness of Free software. In many/most/maybe all cases, this will require any IPR restrictions to be GPL compatible. Can you think of an open-source

Re: When is using patented technology appropriate?

2007-10-24 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2007-10-25 04:30, Sam Hartman wrote: ... Simon If you replace IBM with 'A Patent Troll', do you think the Simon same holds? I think that such behavior should be presumed not to be a patent troll. Patent trolls are not known forpromising to give away royalty-free licenses. They

Re: When is using patented technology appropriate?

2007-10-24 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:15:55 +1300 Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-10-25 04:30, Sam Hartman wrote: ... Simon If you replace IBM with 'A Patent Troll', do you think Simon the same holds?I think that such behavior should Simon be presumed not to be a

Re: A priori IPR choices

2007-10-24 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2007-10-25 08:32, Ted Hardie wrote: At 10:02 AM -0700 10/24/07, Lawrence Rosen wrote: Ted Hardie wrote: The point being, of course, that there is a world of difference between many and all here. If there is no development community using the GPL in an area, forcing the IPR restrictions to

RE: When is using patented technology appropriate?

2007-10-24 Thread Lawrence Rosen
Steven Bellovin wrote: Right. Any IPR policy has to acknowledge the fact that relevant patents can be owned by non-troll non-participants. (Too many negatives there -- what I'm saying is that IETFers don't know of all patents in the space, and there are real patent owners who care about

Call for IAOC Nominations and Volunteers

2007-10-24 Thread The IESG
The IESG is making a call for volunteers for the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), as described in BCP 101 (RFC 4071), following the procedures documented in BCP 113 (RFC 4333). The nominations open now, and they will close on 18 Nov 2007. In alternate years. the IESG and the IAB