Re: [License-discuss] The ambiguous scope of the Apache License 2.0 patent grant

2023-03-07 Thread Nicholas Matthew Neft Weinstock
Saturday, February 18, 2023 2:46 PM > To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] The ambiguous scope of the Apache License > 2.0 patent grant > > WARNING: This email originated from outside of Qualcomm. Please be wary > of any links or attachments,

Re: [License-discuss] The ambiguous scope of the Apache License 2.0 patent grant

2023-03-07 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
On Thu, Feb 9, 2023, at 16:10, ygrex908 via License-discuss wrote: > "where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by > such Contributor that are necessarily infringed by their Contribution(s) > alone or by combination of their Contribution(s) with the Work to which > such Cont

[License-discuss] The ambiguous scope of the Apache License 2.0 patent grant

2023-02-17 Thread ygrex908 via License-discuss
I think it's fair to say that patent grants in open-source licenses can be roughly divided into two groups: - narrowly-scoped (i.e. applies just to the contributed code, examples: EPL, BSD+Patent) - widely-scoped (applies to the whole program as it existed at the time of the contibution, exam