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Re: Open Software License v2.1



On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 07:21:50AM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 11:58:04AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > Licensor brings suit against you alleging massive patent infringement
> > on your part. The chances of you successfully defending them all are
> > slim. Your choices are effectively settlement, or patent counter-suit
> > that kills your license.
> 
> If licensor grants a patent license for all of his patents related to
> the work, this scenario is irrelevant; I can simply point to the patent
> license.

Only if the patents were used in the version released by the
licensor. Pick any patent that wasn't used in the original version to
invoke this scenario.

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