Re: [mpls] working group last call on draft-ietf-mpls-bfd-directed-02.txt

[David Allan I <[e-mail]>]

Hmmm

Truth in advertising here; IMO my employer's  policy is "disclose early, disclose often and license RAND" as good corporate citizens. The IPR in question was disclosed on the MPLS  list in July of 2015 (I just checked the archive).

If there is a reasonable expectation of an unencumbered alternative then seeking an alternative make sense, but the appropriate disclosure has been out there for 9+ months, and no alternative would appear to be forthcoming. Suddenly seeking one now seems to be just a bit counter productive....

So to me the only real question is "does the WG think this is a problem worth solving". I would think the answer to that is a self-evident "yes"

My 2 cents
Dave

From: mpls [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Adrian Farrel
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [mpls] working group last call on draft-ietf-mpls-bfd-directed-02.txt

Ross, thanks for this notice.

I need to read the IPR referenced by the disclosure, but pending that, I do not support this document going forward in its current state.

I think it is important for the working group to seek to develop solutions that either completely unencumbered by IPR or that is available on free-to-implementers terms. It may turn out that this is not possible with the disclosed IPR, but I think the WG should try.

For the avoidance of doubt: I am not making any comment on the IPR-holder's rights to impose whatever license they want, and I am not asking them to vary their terms.

I do not that it would be convenient if the IPR holder updated the disclosure to show that it applies to the current WG draft.

Thanks,
Adrian

From: mpls [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Ross Callon
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Subject: [mpls] working group last call on draft-ietf-mpls-bfd-directed-02.txt

Working Group,

This is to initiate a two week working group last call on draft-ietf-mpls-bfd-directed-02.txt.

Please send your comments to the mpls wg mailing list ([e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>).

There is one IPR disclosure on draft-mirsky-mpls-bfd-directed
(which was the pre-working group version of draft-ietf-mpls-bfd-directed):
https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2625/
All the authors have stated that they are not aware of any other IPR that relates to this
draft.

This working group last call will end at the end of the day Friday March 25, 2016.

As with any WGLC, working group participants are requested to read the document
and comment. If you feel that the document is ready for publication it is appropriate to
respond to any WGLC with a short and simple email indicating support.

Ross
for the MPLS WG chairs