On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 10:13:48AM -0400, Chapman Flack wrote: > On 07/23/2018 10:01 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > And the larger question is whether a patent free for use by software > > under any license can be used in a defensive way. If not, it means we > > have no way forward here. > > Isn't 'defensive', in patent-speak, used to mean 'establishing prior > art usable to challenge future patent claims by others on the same > technique'? > > Is there any way that conditions of use, or lack of them, on an > existing patent, would make it unusable in that context?
It doesn't have to be a patent on the same technique; this URL was referenced in the thread: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_termination -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +