On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, David Miller wrote:
From: David Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:07:44 -0800
I guess license is no longer required for implementers of ISATAP.
Is it right, Fred?
https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/550/
Does this also allow license-free redistribution?
I'm certainly no lawyer, but I don't see the point of
having a patent that doesn't restrict *something*. :-)
DavidS, the history here is that first the IPR holder did not grant
license-free implementation. After considerable time (and I suspect
energy spent by Fred), the company was convinced that license-free
implementation did not hurt their interests and they were willing to
give it away on this specific instance. I'm not sure if you should
attribute to hidden agendas what you can explain by "doing the right
thing" (granted, very few companies do this which may make it suspect,
but still..).
That is my interpretation as well. It allows license free
implementation, but not distribution of said implementation.
This may be a fine point. When submitting the IPR notice, the IPR
holder is asked whether it can be implemented without a license. No
questions about redistribution are asked -- maybe nobody thought that
asking that would be necessary if a positive answer is received on the
first one. I'd guess that the owner that grants license-free
implementation would also be fine with license-free (re-)distribution.
--
Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
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