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

[Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams at sun.com>]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 06:20:12PM +0200, Badra wrote:
> Well I am not asking the authors to do a survey on existing patents, BUT on
> identified ones, which are in our case Certicom's Patents.

You clearly missed the point.  My advice w.r.t. other people's patents
is worthless to anyone but my employer or myself, and since I'm not an
IPR lawyer my advice on such matters (beyond "go talk to your lawyers")
is utterly worthless.  Why would ask me, or anyone else, for it, then?

Would you really risk your business on my legal advice when we have no
business relationship at all?

Worse, forcing one to come up with such advice and publish it would be
detrimental to one's legal position should one get sued.  Which is why
any sensible authors should (would!) simply stop participating if your
suggestion were IETF policy, or even just WG policy.

Nico
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