Hi Arthur: On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 10:41 PM Arthur Bols <arthur@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm packaging golang-github-hashicorp-lru-arc-2 [0] as a dependency of > symfony-cli [1]. The code is licensed under the MPL-2.0, but the > documentation of the library mentions the IBM patent of ARC [2]. > [...] > [0]: https://github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/tree/v2.0.7/arc > [1]: https://github.com/symfony-cli/symfony-cli > [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_replacement_cache FWIW, per the Google page [3] for the patent [4] this IBM patent is set to expire on 2024-02-02 ... so in just a few days! ;) With this said, I wonder what is the interplay between the patent-related terms of the MPL in Hashicorp's code and the patent from IBM who is not Hashicorp. And what is the impact on the MPL licensing? A well known example is FFmpeg with L/GPL-licensed but patented media codecs. [5] [3] https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/6996676 [4] https://patents.google.com/patent/US6996676B2/en [5] https://ffmpeg.org/legal.html -- Cordially Philippe Ombredanne +1 650 799 0949 | pombredanne@xxxxxxxx AboutCode - Open source for open source - https://www.aboutcode.org ScanCode - scan your code https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit https://github.com/nexB/scancode.io DejaCode - What's in your code?! - http://www.dejacode.com -- _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
