Fernando Cacciola wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fernando Cacciola wrote: > > [...] > > > Motivated by A. Terekhov concerns, I think the license should, if at all > > > possible, expressely PROHIBIT anyone, including the copyright holder, > > > from patenting the covered Software and any implied intellectual production. > > > > That would make no sense. > > > Why?
Because a patent protects against the unauthorized manufacture, use, sale... {subset of} rights that *ARE GRANTED* by a license {subject to whatever requirements} we're discussing here. Also, a public disclosure of an invention prior to the patent application renders the invention no longer "novel" under the IP laws of almost all countries outside North America. Finally, AFAICS, a sort of "common practice" at companies practicing "the open source" (e.g. IBM) is to seek the patent protection and grant rights to the open source community (again: CPL *is* the preferred license) but seek "compensation" from the proprietary "closed source" competitors. What's wrong with that? regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost