RAND-modified: Can a clause o ETERNAL waiving of licensing fees for open-source implementations for RAND? from Antonio Rafael Dias Teixeira on 2001-10-02 (www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org from October 2001)

From: Antonio Rafael Dias Teixeira <ATeixeira@adp.com.br>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:23:59 -0300
To: <www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org>
Cc: "Meu Hotmail (E-mail)" <rafaelteixeirabr@hotmail.com>
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OK, that would kill the Non-Discriminatory part of "RAND", but would
preserve the possibility of unencumbered implementations, as long as
they are open-source and licensed under terms that would not allow them
to be closed again. The License would have to cite explicitly the Patent
and the provisions under what it´s fee were ETERNALLY waived. 

Why ETERNAL? So that economic damage claims can´t be made at any time.
Because even as patents expire, claims based on them have different
prescribing dates.

A Rafael D Teixeira
Analista de Sistema
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ADP Brazil Ltda.
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