Re: [fielding@apache.org: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0]

[bts@alum.mit.edu (Brian T. Sniffen)]

Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net> writes:

> 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.

But it could be part of such a portfolio if it were licensed for use
in otherwise-free software only, or for use in implementing
specifications with RF policies.

-Brian