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Re: License Dilemma


From: John Hasler
Subject: Re: License Dilemma
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:59:34 -0600
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Dmitry writes:
> It is methodology of industrial decision making under certain conditions.
> It is patent penting for two years already through PCT.

So it is a business methods patent.  Yuck.

> I try to get a point on some particularly well known license from set of
> FSF or OSI "approved" licenses.

Those are copyright licenses.  You have a patent.

> Which good in situation, where one's intent is to free code of
> implementation, but preserve a patent rights.

Patents are patents.  Copyrights are copyrights.  You can distribute the
source code for a program that implements your invention under any
copyright license you wish and still enforce your patent.
-- 
John Hasler 
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA


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