Subject: IPR related to draft-ietf-l2vpn-pbb-vpls-pe-model and draft-ietf-l2vpn-pbb-vpls-interop

From: "Giles Heron (giheron)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:37:14 +0000

At the Atlanta IETF we discussed an issue we have with IPR related to the two PBB VPLS drafts.

to recap, and for those who weren't there, the issue is that Nortel disclosed IPR claims relating to the two drafts, but they were never discussed on the list and the ownership of the IPR is now uncertain. The statements are here:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1497

https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1498

https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1251

given the uncertainty as to the ownership of the IPR the WG may wish to consider whether to progress with these drafts as informational RFCs.

we'd welcome discussion as to whether to progress on the list and will look to make a decision by Wednesday 13th February.

Nabil & Giles