On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:37:28AM -0800, Michael Adams wrote: > Second, and more importantly, there is a critical legal issue involved > here. In fact, it is for this reason that all of the JasPer > Contributors agreed that the compliant-usage clause was necessary. The > troublesome issue is this: The JasPer Contributors might be held > liable for the patent-infringing use of the JasPer software by > *others*. This is a very serious concern. This is, in fact, the > primary reason why the license imposes the compliant-usage restriction. > That is, this clause in the license serves to protect the JasPer > Contributors (e.g., from lawsuits claiming contributory infringement or > something similar).
Does such a thing as contributory infringement exist for patents? I've only heard of that particular evil in relation to copyright. -- Glenn Maynard
