Re: re EMC IPR notice

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>]

In message <110e01c06542$5a6836c0$0201a8c0@JonToigo>, "Jon William Toigo" write
s:

>
>Mr. Black's announcement regarding an existing EMC patent took me by 
>surprise.  Is the technology covered in the EMC patent critical for 
>iSCSI (or FCIP for that matter)?  Isn't the preferred practice of IETF 
>to develop non-proprietary standards -- or have I missed something?
>
The IETF's IPR policy is covered in RFC 2026.  Briefly, patented 
technology may be used if the patent holder is willing to license it 
under "openly specified, reasonable, non-discriminatory terms".  The WG 
may decide whether or not to use any patented technology.  (An older 
policy had an explicit preference for unencumbered mechanisms.  That 
policy was superceded by RFC 2026.)

		--Steve Bellovin