I'm not sure I understand the question. As the FAQ says, we hold no patents on this code. What is your concern, exactly? If we dual-licensed the code under BSD and Apache, would that help?
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:32 AM, John Haine <j.l.hain...@googlemail.com>wrote: > First, apologies if this question has already been answered! Anyway, > here goes... > > Originally, PB was licensed under Apache 2.0. Later, the license was > changed to BSD to make it more compatible with GPL2. On the FAQ there > is the following statement: > > "Does Google have any patents on Protocol Buffers? > > Google currently has no issued patents on Protocol Buffers, and we are > happy to address any concerns around Protocol Buffers and patents that > people may have." > > Now the advantage of the Apache license is that it includes a specific > statement about the licensing of patents instantiated in the code, > which is not present in the BSD license. > > What is Google's policy on this now the license has changed please? > > John. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en.
