Does any one have contacts at RSA? I sent an email to Robert (see http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/security-services/200204/msg00110.html), but he is out-of-office till moday. Found him via the IPR section @ http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/security/
Thanks, dims --- robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 07:08 PM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > > > robert burrell donkin wrote: > > <snip> > > >> we've see numerous cases recently about companies sitting on IPR and > >> then suddenly demanding money as soon as the technology has been widely > >> adopted. > >> these murky waters are muddied even further given the recent court win > >> for rambus (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/29102.html). > >> maybe apache should make sure that they can get hold of a license for > >> this technology before accepting this project. > > > > "A" license? What does this mean, that Apache has a license but all users > > of it need to ask for one too? %-| > > i think you'd need to ask an IPR lawyer this. > > the way i see it (but i'm not a lawyer)... > > if rsa really is offering these IP rights royalty free then apache should > be able to obtain a license. i suppose whether users will need to ask RSA > for a license will depend on the nature of the license under which these > rights are offered. if apache can't obtain a license then not only does > the ASF risk being sued but it's also clear that (some) users will have > difficulties legally using the software we produce. > > maybe someone at the ASF needs to approach RSA officially and find out > what their position is. > > - robert > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
