Re: Please oppose patent-encumbered technologies, including draft-housley-tls-authz-extns

[Ben Finney <ben+ietf at benfinney.id.au>]

Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> writes:

> Whether the technology is covered by a patent, I can't say, as I'm
> not a judge in a patent-violation suit.
> 
> I claimed that the technology is *encumbered* by a patent, in that
> there is a patent claimed on the technology that is at least similar
> to the implementation, encumbering the technology and those who
> would implement it with the prospect of a very expensive law suit to
> determine whether the patent actually covers the technology.

With the corollary that, if *nobody* had to ever go through anything
to find out whether the technology is covered by the patent â for
example, if the patent holder granted everyone in the world a
royalty-free license to implement the described technology for any
purpose whatsoever without even knowing the patent existed â then the
technology would *not* be encumbered by that patent.

So "is covered by patents" is less relevant to my argument than "is
encumbered by patents".

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Ben Finney


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