Re: alcatel patent

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

>> i guess i am being too subtle.  someone from the ietf *did* bring
>> this to an iesg member's attention, mine, presumably because they
>> believed there was relevance.
> 
> rfc 2026
> 
> 10.3.2. Standards Track Documents
> 
>    (C)  Where the IESG knows of rights, or claimed rights under (A), the
>       IETF Executive Director shall attempt to obtain from the claimant
>       of such rights, a written assurance that upon approval by the IESG
>       of the relevant Internet standards track specification(s), any    
>       party will be able to obtain the right to implement, use and      
>       distribute the technology or works when implementing, using or 
>       distributing technology based upon the specific specification(s)
>       under openly specified, reasonable, non-discriminatory terms.
> 
> i.e. ask Mr Coya to send a note to Alcatel

that was the intent of my original message which cc:d the
secretariat.  the alcatel filing may (or may not) be relevant to
draft-congdon-radius-8021x-22.txt, for which last call has been
requested (and requested) for info.

randy