On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 09:38 +0200, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > Hi all, > > I agree with Anton on all important issues. I've read the IPR claim and > what disturbs me the most is "unpublished pending patent application". > This sounds like someone took what we have been discussing (and is > widely deployed), brought it to a lawyer and is now trying to make some > patent out of it. This smells very bad. > > Without knowing what exactly is claimed to be invented by the claimer, I > can not judge the effect it will have on my work. Anyhow, I do not > intend to invest any of my time into something that somebody else claims > exclusive rights too. If I did, I'd end up with the need to "pay" > (money-wise or other) for the right to use my own work. Would I be smart > if I did that? ;) > > The licensing terms themselves sound fair (but are vague enough to do > so...). My root concern is that there is nothing that has been invented > by that party. I am still waiting for someone to patent the use of the > letter "a" ("@" has been tried AFIK)... > > I think using a patented technology inside a standard will definitely > hinder the acceptance of that standard. Especially if it is something as > trivial as syslog over tls. So my vote is to put this work on hold until > further clarification can be obtained. If that means we'll have no > syslog RFC, so be it. That would probably be the better choice...
My feelings are about the same. I don't really know the US patent system specifics, how long does it take to have something concrete about the patent? -- Bazsi _______________________________________________ Syslog mailing list Syslog@lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/syslog