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Re: Previous consensus on not changing patent policy (Re: References to Redphone's "patent")

Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> Mon, 16 February 2009 23:39 UTC

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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:30:12 -0500
From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Lawrence Rosen <lrosen@rosenlaw.com>
Subject: Re: Previous consensus on not changing patent policy (Re: References to Redphone's "patent")
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On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 02:11:26PM -0800, Lawrence Rosen wrote:
> But are the 1,000 or so emails in recent days from the FSF campaign not a
> loud enough hum to recognize that our IPR policy is out of tune? This is not
> the first such open source campaign either. IETF needs a more sturdy process
> to deal with IPR issues. Please consider the suggestions now on the table.

Given how badly misinformed the FSF and their 1,000 blind followers
were --- no, it's not even a hum.  More like the sound of a Concord
taking off if an IETF meeting happened to be located in a hotel which
was unfortunately located too close to an airport's runways.  "Full of
sound and jury, signifying nothing..."  :-)

							- Ted

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