Re: [TLS] [Ietf-honest] Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-extractor (Keying

[Erick O <[e-mail]>]

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Subject: Re: [TLS] [Ietf-honest] Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-extractor (Keying

Martin and all,

  Right!  Getting a license grant that is NOT "irrevocable",
is of VERY questionable value.  Same is true of a patent
grant to use.  If I am paying for either, it is either "irrevocable"
or no deal.  Simple as that.  If I am no paying for it than I want
at least a time limit before the terms can be modified in any
way.  Otherwise anything else is of VERY questionable value.

Martin Rex wrote:

> Dean Anderson wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Matthew Campagna wrote:
> > >
> > >  The official statement is the linked document, we update it from time to time.
> >
> > This is a problem. The official statement is the IPR disclosure, which
> > should contain the terms used by the IETF in its decision to approve the
> > document. Certicom should not be able to alter the terms after the fact,
> > which it seems to have just admitted doing.
>
> The IETF is NOT asking for an irrevocable "Grant" in an IPR disclosure.
>
> The problem here is that submitting an URL for the real IPR disclosure
> in the IETF disclosure form is subverting to idea that the IETF
> can archive the IPR disclosures in their original form.
>
> >
> > I think that we have to consider rejecting documents where the terms are
> > not definite and/or can be altered at the whim of the patent holder.
>
> Copyright terms stick to the published text or code when they're
> published (under the condition they're rightfully issued).
>
> AFAIK, License grants for patents are rarely issued as "irrevocable",
> which means that the terms can be cancelled/terminated.
>
> -Martin
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