Re: [TLS] Proto write-up for TLS exporter

[Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman at vpnc.org>]

At 7:28 PM +0200 5/13/09, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman at vpnc.org> writes:
>
>> At 1:58 PM +0200 5/13/09, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>>>I don't support publishing tls-extractor on the standards track as long
> >>as there are unclear patent threat against it and no acceptable free
> >>software compatible patent license is available.
>>
>> This is absurd and obstructionist. You are saying that if anyone
>> publishes an IPR statement about a work in progress, they can stop
>> that document from becoming a standard.
>
>I'm absolutely not saying that.  Please re-read what I wrote.

You are and I did, carefully.

You know full well that any IPR statement in the IETF can be considered an "unclear patent threat" by many people. Further, you know that the phrase "no acceptable free software compatible patent license" is unclear to many IETF participants, much less to many patent owners.

Given your two restrictions, I believe my statement is true.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium