[Freesw] Re: [Patents] gouvernement 'buy up' patents or copyright

[PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de]

> Eminent domain.

Right.

But what is the difference to the already existing system of "compulsory
licensing" ?

Compulsory licensing can include the payment of an indemnity or the
imposition of a regime that allows collecting some "fair"
non-discriminatory license.

Recently some law scholars are also speculating about a possible revival
of this system, which had almost been buried in recent years because of
its conceived arbitrariness (and because of dominating ideologies).

-phm