[Members] Patents and Copyright in XEPs
Winfried Tilanus
winfried at tilanus.com
Thu Jan 16 17:36:14 UTC 2014
On 16-01-14 16:29, Kurt Zeilenga wrote:
Hi,
> and one note more specifically about patents...
>
> good luck getting any large firm to assign needed patents to the XSF.
I hoped to make clear that this practice is a dead end indeed, by
pointing out that only patent attorneys would get rich from implicitly
assigning patents to the XSF.
But still we have to decide if we want a royalty free general license or
use patent licensing to protect the interests of the XSF (and make life
of others more difficult.)
Winfried
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