RE: Patented RFC Code

["Lawrence Rosen" <lrosen at rosenlaw.com>]

> > > "Can I take code from a RFC and use it in free software?"
> >
> > Under the current rules, if it is patented,
> 
> Patented where? Software patents do not exist on my side of the world.

But they exist on *my* side of the world. And there are laws here that
prevent the import into the U.S. of infringing products, including in some
situations the import of essential components of infringing products.

All patents are local, unlike copyright.

I simply can't imagine why we'd create an IETF specification that can't for
patent reasons be implemented in the U.S. as readily as in other countries.

/Larry


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