RE: clarification of blanket statement text

--On 17. februar 2005 11:21 -0800 Robert Barr <rbarr@cisco.com> wrote:

> It is interesting that several companies have submitted blanket RAND (not
> RF)  statements and they remain prominently displayed on IETF website.
> This is clearly inconsistent with 6.4.3  when it says:
>
> "The requirement for an IPR disclosure is not satisfied by the
>    submission of a blanket statement of possible IPR on every
>    Contribution.  This is the case because the aim of the disclosure
>    requirement is to provide information about specific IPR against
>    specific technology under discussion in the IETF.  The requirement is
>    also not satisfied by a blanket statement of willingness to license
>    all potential IPR under fair and non-discriminatory terms for the
>    same reason. "

Agreed - these companies will have to continue to make specific IPR 
statements. Making such statements is consistent with the RFC, and provides 
information to the IETF community - which I think is a Good Thing - but 
they do not lessen the requirement on the companies that make them.

                           Harald

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