[Tinyos-alliance] TTX update

[Matt Welsh]

David,

Scott Brenner (sob at harvard.edu) is one of the key folks at the IETF who
deals with their legal and IP issues, and authored the two RFCs laying
out the IETF's policies for IP. He is a good resource and would be
willing to participate on a conference call if you would find that
useful. 

I am curious to understand in what ways the IETF's policy is viewed as
naive (I think you mentioned this in one of the meetings). As I
understand it, the policy says that companies need to state their
relevant IP so that working groups can take it into consideration when
crafting standards. The IETF suggests, but does not dictate, that
companies should accompany contributions with no-fee licenses for any
relevant IP. Patent infringement issues are then the concern of those
implementing IETF standards, not the IETF itself (if I understand things
correctly). The IETF does not guarantee that infringement cannot occur,
especially since third parties might have IP rights in an IETF standard.
If this works in practice, it sounds reasonable to me.

Unfortunately, the regular meeting time overlaps with my class this
semester, so unless we find another time (probably difficult!) I can't
join in for the next few months.

Matt


On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 10:24 -0800, David E. Culler wrote:
> Alliance Working Group
>      
>     The report out from the working group was well received at TTX.  I
> have attached the final version of the slides.  In particular, the
> pragmatic balance that we have strived to achieve rang sound with
> several folks.  Geoff Mulligan, who has been key in Zigbee and is
> chairing 6lopan at IETF, was keenly interested.  I think that we now
> need to move from ppt towards the equivalent of a TEP.  
> 
>     We did not explicitly state that we were having a meeting this
> week, so I expect that people probably did not set aside time for it.
> Lama set up bridges for the next several meetings.  I propose that we
> have a short meeting today, just to provide feedback on TTX.  Our next
> stage will mean translating the blueprint into a more complete
> structure.
> 
> It would be good to bring in some of the experts to speak to us as we
> go forward.  Matt, you had a recommendation there.    We also should
> determine if there is an attractive host organization, which would
> avoid the need to create a new 503C.
> 
> 
> Tuesday, February 14, 2006 11:00 AM
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> 
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> 
> Kristin,
>   I think that Jeonghoon is not on the mailing list.  I've copied him
> here.
> 
> D.
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