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- Network Working Group J. Lowe
- Request for Comments: 1822 IBM
- Category: Informational August 1995
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- A Grant of Rights to Use a Specific IBM patent with Photuris
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- Status of this Memo
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- This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
- does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
- this memo is unlimited.
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- Note:
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- This RFC is NOT a standard. It is an official public record of a
- grant by IBM Corporation for the use of a specific IBM patent in
- conjunction with the Photuris key management protocol.
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- Purpose
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- This Request for Comments records a grant by IBM Corporation to
- permit the conditional free use of one of its patents. This grant is
- made to help facilitate adoption of the Internet Key Management
- Protocol contribution IBM has offered to the IETF. It should be noted
- that the confirmatory license mentioned is optional. The grant is
- made in this RFC and parties have it even if they do not request a
- confirmation from IBM.
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- A Grant of Rights to Use IBM US Patent 5,148,479
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- IBM hereby covenants that it will not assert its US Patent 5,148,479
- or its non-US counterparts against any party that implements Photuris
- or any derivative that includes IBM's IKMP contribution, and operates
- in compliance with Photuris or such derivative, when Photuris or such
- derivative is employed in connection with any Internet Protocol.
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- This grant of rights will terminate with respect to any party that
- asserts a patent it owns, directly or indirectly, against IBM for
- IBM's implementation of and operation in compliance with Photuris or
- any derivative, as defined above. The termination will occur as of
- the date the patent is asserted against IBM.
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- Lowe Informational [Page 1]
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- RFC 1822 IKMP Patent Use August 1995
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- A written confirmation of this grant, and/or a license under any
- other IBM patent under IBM's then-current terms, conditions and
- royalty rates, can be obtained by sending a request to:
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- John W. Lowe
- IBM Corporation
- 500 Columbus Avenue
- Thornwood, New York 10594
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- Security Considerations
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- The referenced protocol is a security-related protocol.
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- Author's Address
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- John W. Lowe
- IBM Corporation
- 500 Columbus Avenue
- Thornwood, New York 10594
- USA
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- Lowe Informational [Page 2]
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