I am not sure it is necessary (or appropriate) to remove any materials
from the PWG archives. In fact, I feel the work accomplished in the PWG
should certainly be preserved.
A separate topic is whether or not we should continue moving the current
work forward to Candidate Standard at this time. If we do move to CS, we
will need to make it very clear and visible that IPP MailTo will not
likely become a PWG Standard while the patent right continues to be
asserted according to the registered LOA.
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Harry Lewis
IBM STSM
Chairman - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group
http://www.pwg.org
IBM Printing Systems
http://www.ibm.com/printers
303-924-5337
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"Bergman, Ron" <Ron.Bergman@rpsa.ricoh.com>
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07/28/2005 05:23 PM
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IPP> IPP 'mailto' Specification and Ricoh Patent
Due to the stated position of Ricoh Company, Ltd. (RCL) with respect to
patent #6,889,263 and the IPP 'mailto' specification, all work on this
document will end immediately. The draft documents will remain in the IPP
archives, but all references to IPP 'mailto' will be removed from the web
site. My sincere thanks to all who have contributed to this effort over
the last 5 to 7 years.
See attached email for further details.
Ron Bergman
Ricoh Printing Systems America
<<email.pdf>>
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