lördagen den 18 oktober 2003 00.41 skrev Michael Scherer: > On Saturday 18 October 2003 00:18, Oden Eriksson wrote: > > fredagen den 17 oktober 2003 15.43 skrev John Keller: > > > Oden Eriksson wrote: > > > > There could be patents regarding this... > > > > > > http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/ebusiness/story/0,108 > > >01,59043 ,00.html > > > > > > > http://www.i-d-n.net/#patents > > > > > > The dateline in the first article is 28 March 2001, and the article > > > mentions that the IETF would start over from scratch, if needed, to > > > avoid infringement. > > > > > > The second has a link to the patent claim, and its withdrawal on 15 > > > March: http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/WALID-IDN > > > > > > From what I remember with the W3C's tangled mess(es) stemming from > > > companies not filing until late in processes, companies are asked > > > to come forward at the start so whatever standards body can avoid > > > problems. I am far from being a lawyer, but if there is an IETF has > > > an actual recommendation then I would expect that it's because it's > > > confidant that legal issues have been cleared up. > > > > > > I could be wrong, so this is an pen invitation to slap me down. In > > > light of Sweden's adoption at the tld level, I would expect that > > > Mandrake has a pretty clear path in the wake of others' due > > > diligence. > > > > Thank you. As Verisign has done an plugin for MSIE I guess it's safe > > for Mandrake to implement this as well. > > well, verisgn could have paid to use the patents. > did someone tried to contact the patch author to see what he think ?
Yes I did. Basically he thinks it's ok and should not be any problems. But I think this is a discussion for the MandrakeSoft lawyers. I'm just the messenger regarding the possible patent issues.
