On Thu, May 30, 2002 10:59:27AM -0400, RJ Atkinson wrote: > My druthers would be to have an IETF policy explicitly saying > that the first choice is to use unencumbered technology if it > can be made to work, second choice is encumbered but > royalty-free technology, and last choice is "fair and reasonable > licence terms" (or whatever the equivalent correct legal wording > might be for that last).
and if one solution is 120% better technically than another, but has a RAND license associated with it? What if it's 170% better?
