Re: patent threat for draft-housley-tls-authz-extns-07

"Undergoing a ballot"?  Is it possible these people believe that
they're stuffing a ballot box?

Shows they do not understand what an IETF last call is about.

On 2/9/09, Rich Schultz <rich@tellme.com> wrote:
> draft-housley-tls-authz-extns-07 is currently undergoing a ballot to become a
>  proposed standard, with the last call expiring on February 11.  Unfortunately,
>  this standard is encumbered by a patent owned by RedPhone Security.  While
>  RedPhone has given a license to implementors of this protocol, they have
>  not done so for users, so anyone using this standard may face a patent suit.
>
>  The IETF should refrain from making this draft a proposed standard until the
>  patent threat is entirely removed, that is, until RedPhone gives all users
>  a royalty-free license.
>
>
>  Rich Schultz
>  Network Architect
>  Tellme Networks
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