FSF opposes making TLS-authz an experimental standard
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| The Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project oppose publication of
| draft-housley-tls-authz-extns as an experimental standard.
|
| The patent application disclosed by RedPhone Security has put any free
| software attempting to implement these extensions in a very difficult
| position.
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http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/software-patents/draft-housley-tls-authz-extns.html
Send comments opposing TLS-authz "experimental" standard by October 23
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| Much of the communication on the Internet happens between computers according
| to standards that define common languages. If we are going to live in a free
| world using free software, our software must be allowed to speak these
| languages.
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http://www.fsf.org/news/oppose-tls-authz-standard.html
What kind of an insane world puts interoperability (standards) in the hands of
a compnay with interoperability tax (patents)? It was the same story with a
recent proposed IEEE wireless standard (a decent one) that everyone was scared
to implement because of patents.
Related:
Patent threat looms large over OOXML
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| "If OOXML goes through as an ISO standard, the IT industry, government and
| business will encumbered with a 6000-page specification peppered with
| potential patent liabilities" said NZOSS President Don Christie.
|
| "Patent threats have already been used to spread doubt amongst organisations
| keen to take advantage of the benefits of open source. No one knows whether
| such claims have any merit, but it is calculated to deter the development and
| use of open and alternative toolsets."
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http://nzoss.org.nz/node/179
Open Source Patents
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| Nice, creative idea. But note a few things. First, the OIN patent pooling
| approach relies on the patent monopoly to work, since the potential threat of
| a patent infringement lawsuit is what induces third parties to enter into the
| OIN license (on the other hand, without the patent monopoly, there would be
| no reason for OIN to exist).
|
| [...]
|
| In other words, it's similar to the situation that would exist in the absence
| of IP--without all the effort and waste to get a bunch of flaccid scraps of
| paper.
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http://blog.mises.org/archives/007126.asp
When Patents Threaten Science
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| Patents should not be used to protect laws of nature, products of
| nature, or mathematical formulas.
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http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/314/5804/1395
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