Re: Patents & ASF policy

2004-03-16 Thread Roy T. Fielding
what happens if a ASF sponsored project (lets take jakarta for example) is the subject of a patent dispute say 2-3 years from inception. We either ask the patent owner for a license or wait until the patent owner demands we have one, depending on the nature of the patent. and lets say that the pate

Patents & ASF policy

2004-03-16 Thread Ian Holsman
The ASP.NET project has brought up an interesting question for me. what happens if a ASF sponsored project (lets take jakarta for example) is the subject of a patent dispute say 2-3 years from inception. and lets say that the patent is valid, enforcable, and the patent holder decides he wants t