Brian E Carpenter <brc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 2007-04-11 11:34, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: >> Just one comment: >> >> Brian E Carpenter writes: >>> On 2007-04-11 10:08, Simon Josefsson wrote: >>>> What typically happens in practice, among good-faith >>>> practitioners, is that there won't be any GPL (or Apache, or >>>> Mozilla, or ...) implementation of the patented technology at >>>> all, because the necessary rights cannot be acquired. >>> >>> Doesn't that sound like a bug in the OSS licenses to you, assuming >>> the desired result is to make the Internet work better? >> >> In this kind of situation, what would _you_ choose? >> >> [ ] Apply for an IPR license/sign an NDA/do other paperwork >> [ ] Violate someone's something >> [ ] Go do something else >> >> My choice tends to be the last, because my goal is generally not to >> implement some specific technology, it is to increase people's >> happiness and productivity. I can do that by implementing whatever >> Mark has patented. Or in any of ten thousand other ways. See? > > [X] Use a different OSS license that doesn't have this perceived problem. How would using, say, the MIT or BSD license give you or your users the right to violate someone's patent? The problem would be the same even if you were to release your implementation under the Windows or Mac OS X license. /Simon _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf