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| standard solution for this problem. Despite this legal pressure, the | standard solution for this problem. Despite this legal pressure, the | ||
| IETF community forged ahead and published VRRP as a standard even | IETF community forged ahead and published VRRP as a standard even | ||
| though there was a patent in the space. Why? | though there was a patent in the space. Why? | ||
| <a href="http://www.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/ipv6/documents/standards/general-comms/ietf/vrrp/vrrp-minutes-97dec.txt"> | <a href="http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/doc/ietf/vrrp/vrrp-minutes-97dec.txt"> | ||
| There was much deliberation</a> | There was much deliberation</a> | ||
| at all levels of the IETF, and unfortunately for all of us the | at all levels of the IETF, and unfortunately for all of us the | ||
| politicians within eventually decided to allow patented technology in | politicians within eventually decided to allow patented technology in | ||
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| small piece of which is Cisco attempting to use the HSRP patent | small piece of which is Cisco attempting to use the HSRP patent | ||
| against Alcatel for their use of VRRP. Some IETF working group | against Alcatel for their use of VRRP. Some IETF working group | ||
| members took note of our complaints, | members took note of our complaints, | ||
| <a href="http://lists.microshaft.org/pipermail/dmca_discuss/2003-April/004702.html"> | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20061109082106/http://lists.microshaft.org/pipermail/dmca_discuss/2003-April/004702.html"> | ||
| however an attempt in April 2003 to have the IETF abandon the use of | however an attempt in April 2003 to have the IETF abandon the use of | ||
| patented technology failed to "reach consensus" in the IETF</a>. | patented technology failed to "reach consensus" in the IETF</a>. | ||
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