[Patents] Third Paradigm between Patent and Copyright

[Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr]

On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 09:06:27PM +0200, PILCH Hartmut wrote:
> > > http://swpat.ffii.org/stidi/basti/indexen.html
> > > 
> > > 
> > >    The owner of a logilege (logical innovation use privilege) discloses
> > >    an innovative abstract-logical method and enjoys exclusion rights on
> > >     1. application of the method for commercial purposes
> > 
> > Unacceptable. Violates Article 1 of the Open Source Definition. Those
> > formally, or informally, bound to a covenent that permits them the use
> > only of software that meets all the criteria of the OSD would still be
> > in the position of using the software in full compliance with that
> > understanding or not at all.
> 
> Indeed it is intended to mean that once an algorithm is logileged, any
> software encumbered by it would enter the "semi-free" or "non-free"
> directory hierarchy for three years.  

This fits the chronodegradable licence model, as used by ghostscript
and apparently codoned by RMS (as far as I know): "This software is
not GPL, but will be at such date"

Bernard

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