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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] batman-adv applying for an official Ethertype?
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> We know about it. Nobody gave us the money yet... and I think it will never 
> happen that a rich boy come to us and give us that money just for 16 bit...

The fee is about equivalent to 3 man days of work. So its not that big
a sum for a commercial entity wanting to use batman in a product.

However, when i posed this question, i had Linux mainline in the back
of my head. Would batman get into mainline when it is using an
unofficial ethertype? I guess i need to see if any other protocol is
using an unofficial ethertype.

      Andrew