Re: In the service of Aunt Tillie -- Zero-configuration networking

[Chris Ricker <kaboom gatech edu>]

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Alan Cox wrote:

> > has adopted Zeroconf and incorporated it into their firmware, and
> > just about any network printer you can buy today has it. There is
> > a mature open-source implementation which is part of the Darwin/OS X
> > codebase.
> 
> That is debatable owing to possible patent issues. See the ietf web site
> list of IPR statements on the subject, although the patent may well
> be very dubious.

Not to mention the trademark infringement suit over the name "Rendezvous" 
for Apple's code....

later,
chris