IEEE1588 patent encumbered -- project needs different leader

[John W. Linville]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 09:42:18AM +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote:
> On Mi, 2010-01-20 at 19:12 +0000, John W. Linville wrote:
> > Perhaps the patent holders aren't interested in
> > enforcing them against ptpd users, but I'm just not interested enough
> > to track-down all the paperwork to prove that (if it is even true).
> 
> Intel could help with that kind of paperwork. We have a representative
> at the 1588 standards committee who knows the relevant patent owners. Of
> course, as always with patents, there's not going to be any kind of
> certainty that there are no unknown patents lurking which might be
> claimed later on.
> 
> I suppose it is too late for that now, is it?

It's probably worth figuring-out if ptpd is at risk or not.  There are
definitely people interested in running it.

John
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