Hi George, On 31.03.2011 11:16, George Michaelson wrote: > I don't think "go away" is the right answer. I think "your model has > flaws" is closer.
Yep. Given the huge IPv6 address space, some manufacturers are tempted to use the IPv6 address as identifier. > The key message is that if they apply for patents in it (BMW) they > clearly see dollar-signs and its very hard to trump money. I'm not speaking for BMW nor defending them, but maybe it's not the $$$ directly rather than the usual patent competition between vendors: they probably wanted to have filed something before any other vendor, so that they can have a royalty free negotiation later on... Regards, Roland -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
