Re: RPSL and DFSG-compliance
On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 10:48, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Rob Lanphier <robla@real.com> wrote:
>
> > Let me get this straight. The freedom that you are trying to protect is
> > the freedom to drag an ecosystem contributor into court and sue them?
>
> Think about the reverse situation, where a free software developer
> using software under the RPSL discovers that it breaches a patent he
> holds. Why should his legitimate case result in the removal of his
> rights to do anything with the code?
Why should we license any copyrights or patents to him when he's not
willing to reciprocate? It's his right to charge us cash for using his
patent, but then it's our right to then demand he pay us for using our
copyrighted and patented intellectual property.
Rob
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