ARL's policy (see https://github.com/USArmyResearchLab/ARL-Open-Source-Guidance-and-Instructions#433214A2C17C11E6952E003EE1B763F8) cover this. External contributions would be covered by the OSI-approved license, so the patent/IP terms in that license will cover those patent rights.
Thanks, Cem Karan > -----Original Message----- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Gervase Markham > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 12:17 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [License-discuss] Possible alternative was: > Re: U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open Source License (ARL > OSL) Version 0.4.1 > > All active links contained in this email were disabled. Please verify the > identity of the sender, and confirm the authenticity of all links > contained within the message prior to copying and pasting the address to a > Web browser. > > > > > ---- > > On 28/02/17 17:09, Smith, McCoy wrote: > > You should consider the fact that CC0 has an express disclaimer of > > patent licenses (in Section 4.a). That may mean that it doesn't > > address one of the concerns that I think you had (i.e., that there > > might be USG patents covering the non-US copyrightable USG work > > distributed by the USG). > > > > The CC licenses are also not on the OSI list (although there has been > > some discussion in the past of whether they should be added, IIRC). > > Any objections to CC-0 also seemed to be patent-related; if the scheme had a > patent grant accompanying the CC-0 license, that might > solve both of these issues in one go and lead to something very, very good. > > Gerv > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@opensource.org > Caution-https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
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