[Iccrg] ctcp review: ipr (2 of 4)

[weddy at grc.nasa.gov]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 01:13:24PM -0500, Mark Allman wrote:
>  
> An IPR statement about this draft has been issued and can be slurped
> from:
> 
>     http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/878/
> 
> Punch line terms: Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory License to All
> Implementers with Possible Royalty/Fee.
> 
> We have precedent for turning out TCP-related experimental RFCs that are
> encumbered.  I personally remain opposed to encumbered technology
> relating to our core protocols---and especially so when the terms are
> not defensive in nature.


This is very important to TCPM, but I don't think it impacts ICCRG
unless there is a possibility that the IPR somehow makes it unsafe
to the network, which I think is probably quite a stretch, and not
what you were trying to say, right?