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<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Application of TIFF-FX Draft Standard for IPP-Fax</title></head><body> <div>Hi Harry,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Thank you for your response to my earlier e-mails.  Nothing has changed in the Adobe position.</div> <div><br></div> <div>The IETF and ITU use of TIFF in RFC 2301 and T.37 is out-of-scope of the license we granted to each organization.  Other than use under this license, the ITU and IETF may not use TIFF.  Likewise, the IEEE may not use TIFF to develop new standards without a license from Adobe.</div> <div><br></div> <div>This license granted to the IETF restricts IETF use in several ways.  Two examples of these require use to be based on a<i> published</i> TIFF specification and not to inhibit future Adobe use.  I must refer you to the license granted the IETF for a complete listing of the requirements.  RFC 2301 and T.37 fall outside the scope of these.</div> <div><br></div> <div>A technical result of their efforts being outside-the-scope of the license is that TIFF and TIFF FX are not interoperable (in all but the 'S' profile).</div> <div><br></div> <div>IEEE selection/adoption/propagation of TIFF FX would promote/endorse an IETF document that is out-of-scope of the license Adobe granted the IETF and ITU.  Regarding a potential license that Adobe could offer the IEEE, Adobe would most likely consider a similar license to the one granted the IETF and ITU.  Note that this would only allow the IEEE to develop TIFF based standards that were interoperable with a published version of TIFF.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Sincerely,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Scott Foshee</div> <div>Adobe Image and Video Standards</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Scott, as you are aware, the ISTO Printer Working Group is standardizing<br> an application of IPP which is intended to perform similar to the current<br> "FAX" paradigm with the addition of capabilities matching and status which<br> the IPP protocol permits. To assure a high degree of interoperability a<br> "universal" (image) format is required. We recognized that TIFF-FX will<br> meet our image requirements. As IPP is an IETF standard we felt it natural<br> (and proper) to consider TIFF-FX for IPP-Fax.<br> <br> Can you summarize the current status of licensing for TIFF-FX from Adobe's<br> point of view? From your perspective, will there be any problem with<br> IPP-Fax specifying TIFF-FX as the universal format? In the past you have<br> indicated that this may require a separate request for licence from the<br> PWG. Can you please indicate if you still feel this is necessary and, if<br> so, what type of licence is Adobe likely to consider?<br> -----------------------------------------<span ></span>-----<br> Harry Lewis<br> Chairman - ISTO Printer Working Group<br> IBM Printing Systems<br> -----------------------------------------<span ></span>-----</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> </body> </html>