On Feb 4, 2013 6:53 PM, "Ben Caradoc-Davies" <ben.caradoc-dav...@csiro.au>
wrote:
>
> I was going to ask Frank for more detail, but reading his original email,
it is all there:
>
http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Contribution-Agreement-Clarity-td5022284.html
>
> My understanding of this is that Google does not want to make patent
grants to a project that could use them for anything.
>
> - Frank, am I reading this right?
>
> - Is the issue that Google want to contribute to software, but GeoTools
as it stands could produce non-software products (mobile phones,
self-driving cars, ...)? And a new contributor agreement would address this.
>
> Thanks again for following up on this, Frank. Your efforts are much
appreciated.
Ben,
I hesitate to re-characterize Daniel Berlins statement. :-) I asked him
to write it in his own words so I could avoid speaking on legal matters.
Best regards,
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> --
> Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben.caradoc-dav...@csiro.au>
> Software Engineer
> CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering
> Australian Resources Research Centre
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