Time for my be-careful-with-the-IPR-discussion warning again. Possible IPRs are an important concern in making standardization decisions. The community needs to take them into account among other factors in the discussion. However, you are also advised to weigh these factors only after a careful consideration, not jump into conclusions, and if needed, employ assistance in evaluating what the implications might be. Some of the things that you have to take into account include:
- whether the claimed IPR actually would be held up - whether lack of IPR claims actually means you have no IPR issues - what the licensing terms are For instance, I would personally not consider licensing terms such as non assert (what was used here) a problem at all for doing my vendor or public domain work. Then again, in an "IPR free" solution there could be ten other unknown ones that could prove to be blocking for my work. I would also like to request that generic discussion about IETF IPR policies be held elsewhere, e.g., in the IPR WG. Jari _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
