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



Branden Robinson wrote:
> I'd sure like to know what Eben Moglen thinks about this issue.

He submitted comments on behalf of the FSF on November 14. See:
http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=license@apache.org&msgId=1127301

Quote: "FSF believes that broad automatic termination provisions like
that contained in the first sentence of section 5 are fraught with
potentially serious unintended consequences, and are not an
appropriate vehicle for protecting the freedom of free software
against the serious threat posed by software patent litigation."

Arnoud

-- 
Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself
Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/



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