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Hi Tim,<br>
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On 08/10/2012 06:24 PM, From Tim Moses:
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<p class="MsoNormal">We did not agree with the IPR for three
reasons:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The
presumption that innovation protected by patents – but not
other IP -- should be free. Unlike many members of the
forum, we have spent significant sums to create a
substantial patent portfolio related to certificate
management and saw the IPR policy as a coercive attempt to
decrease significantly the value of that portfolio<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The
administrative requirement to maintain our portfolio exempt
from the royalty free licensing provisions of the IPR would
be burdensome for a small company with a large relevant
portfolio<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The
provision in the IPR requiring us to bind all our related
companies would require us to bind portfolio companies of
our owner in unrelated businesses, and that is particularly
problematic for privately-held portfolio companies.<o:p></o:p></li>
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Unfortunately this is not entirely the same thing that was published
here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.entrust.com/news/2012-08-09-CA-Browser-Forums-Mandated-Royalty-Free-Intellectual-Property-Policy-Change-Requires-Entrust-to-Withdraw-from-Organization-it-Co-Founded-Co-Chaired-for-6-Years">http://www.entrust.com/news/2012-08-09-CA-Browser-Forums-Mandated-Royalty-Free-Intellectual-Property-Policy-Change-Requires-Entrust-to-Withdraw-from-Organization-it-Co-Founded-Co-Chaired-for-6-Years</a><br>
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I'm not and wasn't on the forefront on this effort, but when reading
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cabforum.org/IPR_Policy_V1.pdf">http://www.cabforum.org/IPR_Policy_V1.pdf</a> it appears to me that
Entrust's public statements talk about a different agreement.<br>
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The claim that the agreement requires to provide a royalty-free
license to other members is a lie which I'm sure you are very well
aware of. There are other claims in this article which makes the
entire thing questionable.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>members
had<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>similar or<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>other reasons for not
signing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>up to the
IPR<span class="apple-converted-space"> policy</span> and we
understand that about 40% of the membership has withdrawn. <br>
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Out of those 40% the majority were not active members and haven't
contributed anything and nothing during the last few years I've been
here. It's however indeed regrettable that some important members
left for the time-being.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, we are aware that a few
remaining forum members have inaccurately described both our
motives for leaving the Forum and our resulting ability to
provide standards compliant solutions. We are disappointed
with this tactic and will pursue any means necessary to
protect our reputation and business. <o:p>
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So why is Entrust attacking many <i>smaller, unproven CAs</i>
instead, that have absolutely nothing to do with it? This isn't less
disappointing if you ask me.<br>
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