Re: [IETF-PKIX] Re patent 5699431 & PKIX

[Paul Hoffman / IMC <paulh@xxxxxxx>]

RFC 2026 (aka BCP 9) has all the detail on this. Section 10.3.1, step 6, says:

The contributor represents that he has disclosed the existence of
any proprietary or intellectual property rights in the
contribution that are reasonably and personally known to the
contributor.

Section 10.3.2 specifies what kind of patent information must be made
available before something can move onto standards track. If a company is
known to have an applicable patent but has not come up with a patent
statement, that company can hold up the process of getting the document on
standards track (nudge, nudge).

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium