> Ugh. I’m perfectly happy to give away my own code and patents when
> I choose to do so but I would be very unhappy if I accidentally gave
> away someone else’s work and cost them thousands of dollars of lost
> royalties.
This is a well-know problem with no solution for which all parties are
> The issue is the one that the Apache 2.0 license solves, and that the ARL OSL
> is attempting to solve for works that don't have copyright attached.
> Basically, clause 3 in each of the licenses means that you can't contribute
> software that has patents on it, and then sue everyone for using
> 2) Liability is only one part of the puzzle; as I mentioned in an earlier
> email, there are IP issues that need to be solved (e.g.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambus#Lawsuits). That makes CC0 unattractive.
Rambus and free software?
What about the Rambus patent litigation informs
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