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List:       nanog
Subject:    Re: Inventor of the Internet Technology / Father of Modern Day Ne
From:       William Allen Simpson <wsimpson () greendragon ! com>
Date:       2000-09-27 19:52:50
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Wayne Bouchard wrote:

> Well, the question these days is who holds the patent on it? :-)
>

IBM.  Circa 1992, they patented every network that communicates with a
wireless network, specifically mentioning TCP/IP.  Oh, and they also
patented a system of names indirectly referencing the location 
information, that is, DNS....

A fellow named Charlie Perkins, who at a Boston session in 1994
explained that at the time, he'd never heard of the IETF.

WSimpson@UMich.edu
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