Re: [OAUTH-WG] IPR on OAuth bearer

Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net> Wed, 09 May 2012 19:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] IPR on OAuth bearer
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No, don't share your interpretation about the IPR with us on the mailing list. 

However, if you come to the conclusion that the IPR situation is unacceptable for you then you could withdraw your previously stated support for the document. If everyone or many do that then we have to find a plan B. 

Ciao
Hannes

On May 9, 2012, at 10:06 PM, Eran Hammer wrote:

> So no discussion of this is expected on the list - correct? That's what I wanted to clarify. You asked the WG to "think" about its potential implications but I don't want that "thinking" to happen out-loud on this list...
> 
> Raising the issue with your internal IPR team is the right step.
> 
> EH
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hannes Tschofenig [mailto:hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 11:37 AM
>> To: Eran Hammer
>> Cc: Hannes Tschofenig; oauth@ietf.org WG
>> Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] IPR on OAuth bearer
>> 
>> Hi Eran,
>> 
>> if you care about the specification (and want to use it in your products) then
>> you may want to reach out to your IPR folks and ask for their judgement.
>> They may be able to tell you whether they find the cited IPR applicable and
>> whether they had experience with the IPR holder already.
>> 
>> Ciao
>> Hannes
>> 
>> On May 9, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Eran Hammer wrote:
>> 
>>> What exactly is the expected WG discussion on this? I hope people here
>> are not expected to read the patent and make legal decisions about the
>> patent's validity or even applicability as these are questions for lawyers, not
>> engineers.
>>> 
>>> EH
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: oauth-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:oauth-bounces@ietf.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Hannes Tschofenig
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:44 AM
>>>> To: oauth@ietf.org WG
>>>> Subject: [OAUTH-WG] IPR on OAuth bearer
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> an IPR disclosure had been submitted for the OAuth bearer document
>>>> recently. In case you may have missed it, here is the link to it:
>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1752/
>>>> 
>>>> The ADs will re-run the IETF last call due to this new IPR filing and
>>>> we would also like the working group to check the IPR and to think
>>>> about potential implications.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> Ciao
>>>> Hannes & Derek
>>>> 
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