Re: [OS:N:] (no subject)
"Les Bell" <[email protected]>
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Johnnie Peters <[email protected]> wrote: >> Event if it is a standard it is often patented by the company that proposed it. It is also often required the pay that company to use what is supposed to be a standard. << Remember CIFS, Microsoft's attempt to get a bastard step-child of their Server Message Block protocol published as an RFC? That way, they could claim that their proprietary protocol was standards-compliant. And that they were Open, helping the community by publishing standards, etc. [Sticks finger down throat and makes retching noises]. (Actually, I've just been searching at http://www.rfc-editor.org, and I can't turn it up. I always thought it had been published - people certainly talk about it as though CIFS was a real thing - but perhaps the IETF saw sense and didn't play ball?) Bottom line, the publication of a protocol as an RFC does not imply endorsement by the IETF as an official protocol - just that somebody took the time to write it up in the required ASCII text format. Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>