On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 09:13:04PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 01:55:28PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > > > Consider a copyright-only case: Alice and Bob each release some > > > software under a copyleft, with a clause mentioning that any lawsuit > > > claiming copyright infringement on the work or any derivative forfeits > > > The clause we are discussing only applies if you allege that the *Original > > Work* consitutes patent infringment. > > I don't think this is well-defined or well-understood just yet. > > Bob creates Emacs, under a "claim patent infringement in this work > and lose your license to it" license, which includes GIF decoding. > > Joe derives XEmacs from that work. This inherits, among many other > things, GIF decoding. > > Bill sues Joe, claiming that XEmacs infringes his GIF patent. > > Does and should Bill lose his license to Emacs, in addition to XEmacs? > I think the answer to both is yes. The copyright and patent holder has no need for a license. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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