Re: [TLS] Document Action: 'TLS Elliptic Curve Cipher Suites with

[Simon Josefsson <simon at josefsson.org>]

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman at vpnc.org> writes:

> At 4:37 PM -0400 7/1/08, Richard M Stallman wrote:
>>All that is true, but doesn't the IETF have ways to press the big
>>companies to say whether they have any patents over a proposed
>>standard?
>
> No.

That is a rather terse answer.

The IETF has RFC 3979, in particular section 6.1, which says that IETF
participants must file a disclosure when he knows about his own patents
in IETF contributions, and is encouraged to file a disclosure for
patents owned by others.  That count as a "yes" answer to this question
for me.

To clarify, the IETF has RFC 3979 as the instrument to pressure big
companies to file these notifications, through the individuals who
participate in the IETF.

Could you elaborate on why you believe "no" is the correct answer?

/Simon
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