Scripsit Josh Triplett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> (b) any software, hardware, or device, other than such
>>> Participant's Contributor Version, directly or indirectly
>>> infringes any patent, then any rights granted to You by such
>>> Participant under Sections 2.1(b) and 2.2(b) are revoked
>>> effective as of the date You first made, used, sold,
>>> distributed, or had made, Modifications made by that
>>> Participant.
> This clause does indeed seem to terminate your patent license from that
> one participant if you sue that participant over any patent, which is
> far stronger than the previous clause, and possibly problematic (though
> still better than clauses that terminate the copyright license).
> I think (a) is not a problem at all, but (b) might be.
I tentatively think (b) is a DFSG problem if and only if the code in
question is covered by a patent that we would otherwise worry about.
--
Henning Makholm "The Board views the endemic use of PowerPoint
briefing slides instead of technical papers as an
illustration of the problematic methods of technical communicaion at NASA."
