- From: Jason Antony <s1118355@student.gu.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:57:43 +1000
- To: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- CC: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Chris there is a certain clause in the PPF WD regarding royalty-free licensing terms I would like you to clarify. To quote from http://www.w3.org/TR/patent-policy/: <quote> Section 4(f), Royalty-Free License ================================== A "Royalty-Free License" also called "RF License" shall have the same characteristics as a RAND License, except that a Royalty-Free License: <snip /> 3.shall not be considered accepted by an implementer who manifests an intent not to accept the terms of the Royalty-Free License as offered by the licensor. </quote> My query is: what if a licensor offers its technology on the proviso that it cannot be used on opensource operating systems, for instance? Will a port to that platform violate the license and render them liable for damages? Awaiting your reply Jason Antony Signed with experimental GPG key :-) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) - WinPT 0.4.0 Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7wrvKdo4suhfO5Y4RAqH/AKC2FUa6aRUtBvHTpGSoOb+5wf3kHwCgkaYA Sy3xeDQaskSha7Wdd7i48VY= =daLi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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