Re: A priori IPR choices

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb at cs.columbia.edu>]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:42:06 -0400
Theodore Tso <tytso at mit.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 01:05:39PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > "Frank Ellermann" <nobody at xyzzy.claranet.de> writes:
> > 
> > > <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-josefsson-free-standards-howto>.
> > 
> > I noticed that the 00 draft would expire in two days, and submitted
> > a 01 with only minor changes.
> 
> I like this document a lot; kudo's to Simon for writing it!
> 
> My personal opinion is that suggestions for how to write a free
> standard published as an informational RFC is much more useful than
> trying to get consensus around some edict that the IETF _only_ publish
> free standards.  
> 
I agree.  There are a number of problems with the current draft (i.e.,
the reference to RSA patents -- those expired years ago), but none that
I think would block progress of the document.  This is definitely worth
pursuing.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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