RE: How can we submit code patches that implement our (pending)patents?
От | Tsunakawa, Takayuki |
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Тема | RE: How can we submit code patches that implement our (pending)patents? |
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Msg-id | 0A3221C70F24FB45833433255569204D1FA4E121@G01JPEXMBYT05 обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: How can we submit code patches that implement our (pending)patents? (Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>) |
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Re: How can we submit code patches that implement our (pending)patents?
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Список | pgsql-hackers |
From: Nico Williams [mailto:nico@cryptonector.com] > You're proposing to include code that implements patented ideas with a > suitable patent grant. I would be free to not read the patent, but what > if the code or documents mention the relevant patented algorithms? > > If I come across something like this in the PG source code: > > /* The following is covered by patents US#... and so on */ I got it. Your concern makes sense. > My advice is to write up a patent grant that allows all to use the > relevant patents royalty-free with a no-lawsuit covenant. I.e., make > only defensive use of your patents. How can one make defensive use of his patent if he allows everyone to use it royalty-free? Can he use his patent for cross-licensingnegotiation if some commercial database vendor accuses his company that PostgreSQL unintentionally infringesthat vendor's patent? Regards Takayuki Tsunakawa
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