From patchwork Fri Jan 20 21:21:58 2012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Chuck Lever X-Patchwork-Id: 137115 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "rcsinet15.oracle.com", Issuer "VeriSign Class 3 International Server CA - G3" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55E501007D1 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:22:12 +1100 (EST) Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id q0KLM5Wj016293 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:22:06 GMT Received: from oss.oracle.com (oss.oracle.com [141.146.12.120]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0KLM49S008923 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:22:05 GMT Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=oss.oracle.com) by oss.oracle.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1RoLuO-00049J-H6; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:22:04 -0800 Received: from rcsinet12.oracle.com ([148.87.113.124]) by oss.oracle.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1RoLuM-00049C-7m for fedfs-utils-devel@oss.oracle.com; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:22:02 -0800 Received: from mail-yw0-f43.google.com (mail-yw0-f43.google.com [209.85.213.43]) by rcsinet12.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.0/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.0) with ESMTP id q0KLM0wS028185 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:22:01 GMT Received: by yhnn56 with SMTP id n56so519135yhn.2 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:22:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.155.104 with SMTP id i68mr47953154yhk.37.1327094520013; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:22:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from degas.1015granger.net ([99.26.161.222]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h43sm7333535yhj.2.2012.01.20.13.21.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:21:59 -0800 (PST) From: Chuck Lever To: fedfs-utils-devel@oss.oracle.com Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:21:58 -0500 Message-ID: <20120120212158.13737.79732.stgit@degas.1015granger.net> In-Reply-To: <20120120211104.13737.83361.stgit@degas.1015granger.net> References: <20120120211104.13737.83361.stgit@degas.1015granger.net> User-Agent: StGIT/0.14.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Flow-Control-Info: class=Default ip=209.85.213.43 ct-class=T2 ct-vol1=0 ct-vol2=1 ct-vol3=2 ct-risk=54 ct-spam1=76 ct-spam2=65 ct-bulk=0 rcpts=1 size=2567 Subject: [fedfs-utils] [PATCH 4/6] README: Add patent disclaimer language to README X-BeenThere: fedfs-utils-devel@oss.oracle.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: fedfs-utils Developers List-Id: fedfs-utils Developers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: fedfs-utils-devel-bounces@oss.oracle.com Errors-To: fedfs-utils-devel-bounces@oss.oracle.com X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090207.4F19DAFE.010C:SCFSTAT3865452, ss=1, re=-4.000, fgs=0 Last year, Microsoft made a formal IPR for technology described in the FedFS NSDB draft. At IETF 81, NetApp formally announced the existence of a patent which covers FedFS-related technology. Split out a new section for IP disclaimers in our README file, and document these patents. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever --- README | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 6afab7a..0fed1ae 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -36,6 +36,31 @@ compatible with the next release of this package, nor with implementations from other vendors. +Intellectual Property Disclaimer +------------ -------- ---------- + +The implementation in this package is copyright 2010 and 2011, Oracle. +The code in this package is covered by version 2 of the GNU General +Public License. See the COPYING file for details. A few parts are +also covered by the IETF's code license, which is a simplified BSD +license that is compatible with GPLv2. + +See also IPR disclosure 1362 (http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1362) +which discloses coverage of the FedFS NSDB architecture by US Patent +#5,842,214: "Distributed file system providing a unified name space +with efficient name resolution," filed by Microsoft Corporation on +September 24, 1997 but never assigned. + +See also IPR disclosure 1634 (http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1634) +which discloses coverage of technology in this package by US Patent +#7,933,921: "Referent-controlled location resolution of resources in a +federated distributed system," filed on November 29, 2006 and assigned +to NetApp on April 26, 2011. NetApp has publicly stated its intent to +release the patent via a Royalty-Free, Reasonable and +Non-discriminatory Licence to All Implementers, via the usual IETF +process. + + Package Synopsis ------- -------- @@ -44,11 +69,6 @@ This package contains an implementation of the Federated Filesystem see RFC 5716, or read the fedfs(7) man page provided in the doc/man directory. -This package is copyright 2010 and 2011, Oracle. It's use is covered -by version 2 of the GNU General Public License. See the COPYING file -for details. A few parts are also covered by the IETF's code license, -which is a simplified BSD license that is compatible with GPLv2. - Packagers and distributors should review this entire README document to understand what is in this package, it's pre-requisites, and any security issues related to it.