Re: [fielding@apache.org: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0]
Scripsit Brian T. Sniffen
> Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net> writes:
> > And I point out that it doesn't. If the company patent their invention
> > at all, it must be because they intend to restrict people from using
> > it (or at least keep an option open for using the patent to restrict
> > what people do). If they do not intend that, why would they apply for
> > a patent at all in the first place?
> In the current patent-litigation context, a large stable of patents to
> cross-license is considered a vitally important corporate defense
> strategy.
Yes, but a patent could not be part of such a portfolio if if were
licensed freely to the general public.
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Henning Makholm "Nu kommer han. Kan du ikke høre knallerten?"
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