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Metaphysical Detectives and Emotional Spies
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| In one recent deal we were left with the
| thorny problem of Indemnity and who pays
| for it. Typically, if you are using
| proprietary code you are buying a pig in a
| poke (buying something in a black sack
| that the vendor says will do the job).
| The case of indemnity arises if a patent
| troll claims ownership and then sues the
| user for a multi-million dollar sum.
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https://fossbazaar.org/content/metaphysical-detectives-and-emotional-spies
Will the Defensive Patent License be able to make patents 'less evil' for Free and Open Source Software?
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| How useful the DPL is going to be remains
| to be seen. Being better than IBM's and
| similar pledges is a low hurdle and I'm
| quite confident the DPL will set a far
| higher standard in that regard. The
| toughest test, however, will be inhowfar
| such a initiative can affect not only the
| decisions of benevolent parties but also
| those of malicious aggressors. Only
| getting the "good guys" to contribute to a
| defense initiative isn't enough to make a
| really noteworthy difference if there
| isn't going to be a major impact on the
| "bad guys". That will be a key criterion
| for gauging the potential effectiveness of
| the DPL.
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http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/05/will-defensive-patent-license-be-able.html
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