Re: Open Software License v2.1
On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 07:20:25PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > On 2004-09-15 09:31:43 +0100 Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org> wrote:
> >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 09:06:18AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> >>
> >>> The first is the case where you were licensed no patents to use the
> >>> software. [...]
> >>
> >> (This much doesn't seem too convincing.)
> >
> > Oh well, it seems a forseeable reasonably likely situation to me.
>
> I agree. I believe this license is designed to allow Free Software
> developers to defend themselves against patents without holding any
> themselves; therefore, this seems like a very likely scenario.
This response doesn't seem to make much sense, in the context of the entire
reply, which was a specific example of a possible abuse of this clause.
(I think MJ got a little overzealous with his ellipses.)
--
Glenn Maynard
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