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Re: [TLS] Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-extractor (Keying MaterialExporters for Transport Layer Security (TLS)) to Proposed Standard

"Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com> Wed, 22 July 2009 00:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-extractor (Keying MaterialExporters for Transport Layer Security (TLS)) to Proposed Standard
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Nikos and all,

  I concur.

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote:

> Dean Anderson wrote:
> > I think you misunderstand how patents work or what the license says.
> >
> > The licence is available for the case "when used with either ...". It is
> > not the case that a patent only applies to specific RFCs.  RFC's aren't
> > mentioned in patents. Patent claims covering tls-extractor very likely*
> > apply to any use of extractor, not just those uses that also use other
> > Certicom technology in other RFCs.  I think you are assuming that
> > because Certicom offers a license for a certain situation (or maybe 'use
> > configuration' is a better phrase), that different use configurations
> > then won't need a license, but that isn't usually* the case. Those other
> > 'use configurations' that infringe a claim still require a license.
>
> After this clarification I would object draft-ietf-tls-extractor to be
> published as proposed standard.
>
> regards,
> Nikos
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