Re: TIFF-FX issue and progress

Rob,

Thank you for your valuable comment.

> As one of the "editors" of RFC 2301, the first time I heard anyone suggest
> that TIFF-FX may be outside the scope of the 9/97 Adobe license was during
> IETF Last Call late last year. This had not come up at all earlier during
> the process and, in particular, did not come up when TIFF-FX went to
> Proposed Standard, in spite of full participation in the WG by Adobe at that
> time. Regardless, Xerox is willing to help move things forward from the
> current impasse. Adobe has indicated that one way of addressing their
> objection is to update the underlying TIFF specification so that they can
> acknowledge that TIFF-FX is within the scope of the 9/97 license.  To help
> achieve this end, Xerox is prepared to offer a royalty-free license with
> customary terms and conditions, for the use of Xerox-owned IP in the
> underlying TIFF specification in a way that is timely and compatible with
> TIFF-FX. Removing a perceived barrier to making the TIFF-FX standard widely
> available should make it possible for everyone--the IFax WG and those with
> TIFF-FX products--to move on.
> 
> Rob Buckley

I cannot attend the SLC meeting. I hope the comment will help it go forward
at the meeting.
With regard to the process itself, please read the separate mail.

Regards,
--
Hiroshi Tamura, Co-chair of IETF-FAX WG
E-mail: [email protected]