On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 07:09:54PM +0200, Norbert Bollow wrote: > > And I would argue that the above issue is not a matter of concern to > > the IETF. Having a reference implementation to encourage adoption of > > the spec, that is of IETF's concern. The issue of GPL requirements > > is, I would argue, Not Our Problem. > > Is it really your position that that is in no case a concern that IETF > should consider??? > > For an extreme example, consider hypothetically the case that an > essential part of the IPv6 protocol stack had such a patent issue.
I was thinking mainly about protocols used by application programs. I agree that something essential needed for IPv6, that might be something that an individual wg might want to consider. But in terms of a blanket policy that would apply to *ALL* IETF protocols? That would something that is really NOT an IETF-wide concern. - Ted _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf