Re: [fielding@apache.org: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0]
Added license@apache.org to this subthread, since my final question is
directed to them. Please CC debian-legal on replies.
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:36:10AM -0500, Brian T. Sniffen wrote:
> This isn't nice, it isn't good, it isn't right -- but it isn't
> Debian's fight, or Apache's, and this isn't the right way to solve it.
Which fight are we talking about here?
The fight against patents is certainly Apache's fight. Their strategy
(require a patent grant for all contributions) seems like a potentially
useful way to fight back. The patent grant (4b) seems to be the key part
of this strategy. Other than the mixing of patent and copyright, it
seems few people have issues with it.
I'm not sure if there's a separate "fight" behind the reciprocity clause
(#5). Is it there as another defense mechanism, or is it there to make
4b more palatable to patent holders?
--
Glenn Maynard
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