@@ -49,16 +49,17 @@ 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.
+September 24, 1997 but never assigned. Microsoft has released the
+patent via a Royalty-Free, Reasonable and Non-discriminatory Licence
+to All Implementers.
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.
+to NetApp on April 26, 2011. NetApp has released the patent via a
+Royalty-Free, Reasonable and Non-discriminatory Licence to All
+Implementers.
Package Synopsis
Both IPR disclaimers have now been released. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> --- README | 11 ++++++----- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)