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Re: IBM US Patent #5,148,479
> In my note to you dated December 5, 1994, I advised that IBM had decided
> to dedicate the subject patent to the public to facilitate adoption of
> the Internet Key Management Protocol contribution IBM had offered to the
> IETF.It has been determined subsequently that dedication of the patent
> has many implications that are beyond the Internet Protocol, and IBM
> wishes to take a different approach that will have an equal effect on
> Internet's constituents. Also, the IBM contribution is now included
> within the "Photuris" proposal, so the grant of rights will be with
> respect to Photuris and any derivative that includes the IBM
> contribution.
This license language is obnoxious and unacceptable. Please identify
the part of Photuris to which you believe the patent applies, so that
we may remove it. Thank you.
Bill.Simpson@um.cc.umich.edu
Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2
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