On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:06 PM, David Nalley <da...@cloudstack.org> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Plan"...What do the patents cover/restrict? Is a patent even >> compatible with ALv2? >> > > Speaking only for myself, Section 3 of ALv2 seems to address patents > held by contributors. Or am I misunderstanding the concern around > patents?
No, if I'm reading ALv2 section 3 right, that essentially says people that use the ALv2-licensed material are granted the right to use the material in the same way that they would if the contributor of the material had a patent on it and granted license to that patent. The proposal, on the other hand, says Citrix has filed for patents on the material they're donating and will continue to do so. I'm wondering what they think the patents are intended to accomplish if, by the ALv2 license, just about anyone is permitted to do just about anything with the code. Don (who INAL) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
