IP issue resolution for XML Signatures
"David Wall" <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:41:01 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.xmldsig |
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| Organization | Yozons, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_024F_01C236EC.6E83AC20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there any projected date to know how encumbered XML Signatures will = be to previous IP? There are comments about a few patents, but is there = a process to determine if there's infringement, and if so, what the = royalty requirements will be? A standard that's encumbered by IP issues will surely fail to be adopted = widely, so it's important to know when it really makes sense to use XML = Signatures in an application. We'd hate to adopt this and then suffer = similar issues that surrounded WAP/WML when one party may require = royalties and the like to use an "open" protocol. Thanks, David ------=_NextPart_000_024F_01C236EC.6E83AC20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is there any projected date to know how = encumbered=20 XML Signatures will be to previous IP? There are comments about a = few=20 patents, but is there a process to determine if there's infringement, = and if so,=20 what the royalty requirements will be?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A standard that's encumbered by IP = issues will=20 surely fail to be adopted widely, so it's important to know when it = really makes=20 sense to use XML Signatures in an application. We'd hate to adopt = this and=20 then suffer similar issues that surrounded WAP/WML when one party may = require=20 royalties and the like to use an "open" protocol.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Thanks,<BR>David</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_024F_01C236EC.6E83AC20--