John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Poole writes: >> Company B's "defensive" claims also affect all other users of the >> original software -- now that they attempt to enforce their patent >> rights, no other users can assume themselves to be safe. > > Why do you assume that company B's claims must have to do with the original > software, or even with software at all?
I'd certainly feel that licenses that attempt to restrict non-software patent action ought to be non-free. I don't see any way that a license that enforced this would be helping free software. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
