Developer needs to pay a lawyer, I'm thinking...
> On Mar 12, 2015, at 1:52 PM, jonathon <[email protected]> wrote: > > All: > > Need some help. > > Software was privately created. > Developer wants to release under the GNU GPL 3.0. > If you want to change the license, for your comments, do so. > > Issue: > Developer is using systems, methods, and techniques that were described > in the literature more than three decades ago (in some instances 400 > years ago), except instead of using pen and paper, they are using software. > > As best as can be determined, there are no patent issues with any > libraries that are used. > > As best as can be determined, there are no copyright/license issues with > any of the libraries that are used. > > Developer is not going to be responsible for claims of patent > infringement by users. > > Developer is not going to cover any court costs incurred by users, > because of patent related litigation, or threats of such litigation. > > Developer is emphatically not going to pay for the right to utilize any > patents within the software. > > Content created by the developer years before the patents were applied > for, might have been the source of any patents that were granted. > > > Question: > Should developer make any notation about possible patents that the > software _might_ infringe upon? > > This isn't a case of where the developer is unaware of possible patents. > Nor is it a case of where the developer holds any patents. > > > jonathon > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
