RE: re EMC IPR notice

[Black_David@emc.com]

With my WG co-chair hat off:

> 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?
>  
> Apologies if this question is idiotic.  I know nothing about the context
of Mr. Black's posting.

Here's the context.  The announcement I posted is in
answer to the following question posted to this list:

> From:	cheng-ann tan [chengann@singnet.com.sg]
> Sent:	Tuesday, September 12, 2000 2:20 AM
> To:	ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject:	patent question
> 
> hi, all:
> 
> i did a patent search on the net and came across emc's
> patent (5996024) which describes using scsi devices
> over network protocols. it covers ip, of course.
> 
> pardon my ignorance, but if a patent has already been 
> granted, how would this affect further work on i-scsi,
> ip storage, etc?
> 
> -cheng

As Scott and Steve have noted, further information can be found
in Section 10 of RFC 2026.  

Any further questions about the notice should be directed
to EMC's Office of the General Counsel as indicated in the notice.

Thanks,
--David

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