On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 01:46:47PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: > > 11.1 Term and Termination. The term of this License is perpetual > > unless terminated as provided below. This License and the rights granted > > hereunder will terminate: > > > (d) upon written notice from Licensor if You, at any time during the > > term of this License, commence an action for patent infringement against > > any third party alleging that the Covered Code itself (excluding combinations > > with other software or hardware) infringes any patent (including by cross- > > claim or counter claim in a lawsuit). > > I'm undecided about these clauses. One argument against them seems to > be "don't mix patents and copyrights", but I havn't seen much of a case > for that I don't think that's an argument, but rather a warning. Mixing them usually results in trouble. > (I do think Nathanael is misstating the case a bit: despite the long > debates on this topic, I still don't have a very strong opinion myself, > and I don't think there are yet any consenses about patent defense clauses > at all.) My impression has always been of a not-sure-probably-not-free attitude, combined with "but ones like this are clearly not a problem, so if that's good enough for you then please do that instead". -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature