"Lawrence Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Geir Magnusson wrote: > > The Apache License says in > > section 3 "Grant of Patent License" : > <snip> > > I read this to mean that if I make a derivative work, I have no reason > > to believe that the patent license granted by the contributor to the > > original work applies to me and my derivative work. > > I read it the same way. Not only that, but I read the patent grants in all > other open source licenses the same way. A copyright license to create > derivative works doesn't mean you get a patent license for whatever > derivative works strike your fancy.
Isn't the further development of the contribution in Apache also derivative work? If so does this mean that when X gives some software to Apache and we work on it to do various things, then the grant they gave Apache for the patents in X is no longer applicable?? If that's true it seems to me we're screwed by definition. Sanjiva. --------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Discussions on this list are informational and educational only, are not privileged and do not constitute legal advice. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
