[Discuss] patent pools for defense of open source contributors

[Andrés Delgado]

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What about
http://defensivepatentlicense.com/

On 20/08/14 12:25, Matt Maier wrote:
> Can we apply this same framework to protect open source hardware? It seems like patents are
even more important to the hardware side of open source, since they're
technically the only thing that speaks to control of the physical items.
> 
> http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/post/patent_pools_offer_open_source.html
> 
> "The two patent pool projects concerned here--open source's shining
knights in armor--are the Patent Commons Project
<http://www.patent-commons.org/> and the Open Invention Network
<http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/>. The basic idea is to use the
patent system the way companies and inventors have used it from the
start: to cross-license patents and use patents defensively so they
aren't sued out of existence"
> 
> Until now, there was no prize for doing open source; you didn't get
back anything in return...Now it's different. Open source your software,
and you get protection. Individual developers or small software houses
that always had to worry about patent lawsuits can now worry a bit
less--but only if they play the open-source game...Managers who always
asked "What do we get for open-sourcing besides good will?" now have a
concrete answer: there will be a lot of legal muscle at their disposal."
> 
> "If large legal resources are available to anyone open-sourcing his or
her software, it suddenly becomes critical to define open source
precisely...Amazingly, I have not been able to find anywhere--on the web
sites of the Patent Commons Project and the Open Invention Network or
among any of the commentators--a definition of open source."
>
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Atentamente,

Andrés Delgado
http://andres.delgado.ec
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