Re: [Patents] pooling patents, version 2

[Peter Vandenabeele <peter.vandenabeele@mind.be>]

On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 02:13:37AM +0100, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 22:43, Peter Vandenabeele wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 12:01:41PM +0100, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > > A clause that will forbid you to use free software that has the clause
> > > if you sue anyone for a patent on a free software product.
> > 
> > Who will enforce the policy that you are not longer allowed to use that 
> > software
> > under this license ? You need a well-funded organisation to help the 
> > individual 
> > under attack make that counter attack.
> 
> yes as a _last resort_ we will need to invent a hack for patents like
> the GPL, but we need to fight before, we will have all the time if we
> loose to come up with a solution, do not spend energies if the battle is
> not over yet.

OK, well lets postpone that discussion then.

> Ah and I would see FSF like a good organization to help free software
> people out with patents, btw.

You really need a democraticly elected organisation there, but lets move 
that to later too.

Peter

> Simo.
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