On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 02:02:40PM -0500, Nico Williams wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 01:12:19PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 11:27:49AM -0500, Nico Williams wrote: > > > Perhaps patent law [in some countries] requires contracts as opposed to > > > licenses? > > > > Yes, I really don't know. I have just seen enough "oh, we didn't think > > of that" to be cautious. > > So, is it FUD? The core needs paid-for legal advice, not speculation. > > I'm quite certain that a software license can make a patent grant to the > satisfaction of many open source communities, and almost certainly to > the satisfaction of the PG community. But it will take an IP lawyer to > review or write such a license.
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