From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 12 09:26:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E4A16A400 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:26:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 633A913C44C for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:26:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27C45EBA395; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:26:20 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([210.51.165.229]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N3zJfwdHsuCV; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:26:12 +0800 (CST) Received: from [10.217.12.249] (sina152-194.staff.sina.com.cn [61.135.152.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3716EB2065; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:26:11 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc: subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=FTzq61yHg5hjYH9YrHQRFP6+CJM5BC8bTu9euG75N/xkaWaluAByEZmNEPP7fpS0b PtaQdPc4lTtEzqUz+RHyQ== Message-ID: <461DFB2B.10106@delphij.net> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:26:03 +0800 From: LI Xin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Macintosh/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Bruce M. Simpson" References: <461D921E.5040206@delphij.net> <20070412005137.A77693@odysseus.silby.com> <461DF0A2.5090304@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <461DF0A2.5090304@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigAF4B91F449184C0F44FC22DA" Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kern/681110 re-roll of RFC3522 (Eifel detection) patchset X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:26:29 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigAF4B91F449184C0F44FC22DA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > First of all, >=20 > Xin: Many thanks for your excellent work on bringing the code up to dat= e. >=20 > Mike Silbersack wrote: >> >> No. That is not going into FreeBSD if I can help it. >> http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/ERICSSON-EIFEL >> On top of that, we don't need yet another complication to the already >> too-complex retransmission code. > I wasn't aware of Ericsson's submission on this basis. Whilst FreeBSD's= > license is recognised by the OSI, the implications of having code in th= e > kernel which are covered by an Ericsson patent are quite grim if anyone= > wishes to use FreeBSD for commercial purposes. >=20 > I therefore agree with you that that this change should not go in, and > have removed it from the Wiki. That's disappointing, but better safe than sorry. BTW. Is there any legal alternative, e.g. make this as an option like WANT_IDEA? Cheers, --=20 Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! --------------enigAF4B91F449184C0F44FC22DA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGHfsrOfuToMruuMARCp+0AJ0Rc+bsqljaVS/mz5gTd1a08FCD2QCginOz r5zJqrQMAoeAOm3QIAklO0o= =JCfg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigAF4B91F449184C0F44FC22DA--