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 what disturbs me the most is "unpublished pending patent application".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
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