Hi... On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Martijn Dashorst <martijn.dasho...@gmail.com > wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Kevin Kluge <kevin.kl...@citrix.com> > wrote: > > Citrix is pursuing patents based on prior CloudStack work and expects to > continue to do > > so in the future. Citrix is getting these patents to protect the > CloudStack user community. > > Consider the case where some other entity states that the use of > CloudStack is infringing > > on their patents. Citrix could use these patents to fight this entity > and defend the > > community. An incremental benefit is that if Citrix (or any other > CloudStack-friendly > > entity) has a patent then that patent cannot be acquired by an > unfriendly entity. > > Anyone with about $15B can buy Citrix, and start wreaking havoc with > the patents. See Google with its acquisition of Motorola, or Oracle > with its acquisition of Sun (Java?). Or Citrix can sell its patent > portfolio to a shell company, keeping a license and let the shell > start suing the rest of the world (see Apple, Microsoft etc). There > are many avenues to abuse the patents. > I read section 3 of [1], and AFAIU and if the above scenario hold does this mean that such company X can sue ASF for example ? Sorry if it is a stupid question but I am no lawyer at all :). [1]- http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html > > Martijn > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour ---- "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein
