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| − | * [http://lwn.net/Articles/385600/ LWN.net article, discusses the DPL from the 9th paragraph onward], | + | * [http://lwn.net/Articles/385600/ LWN.net article, discusses the DPL from the 9th paragraph onward], 30 Apr 2010 |
| − | * [http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/defensive-patent-license-makes-patents-less-e The Defensive Patent License makes patents less evil for open source], May | + | * [http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/defensive-patent-license-makes-patents-less-e The Defensive Patent License makes patents less evil for open source], 7 May 2010 |
* By [[Florian Mueller]]: | * By [[Florian Mueller]]: | ||
| − | ** [http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/05/will-defensive-patent-license-be-able.html Will the Defensive Patent License be able to make patents 'less evil' for Free and Open Source Software?], May | + | ** [http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/05/will-defensive-patent-license-be-able.html Will the Defensive Patent License be able to make patents 'less evil' for Free and Open Source Software?], 17 May 2010 |
| − | ** [http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/05/dpl-and-fair-troll-business-model-make.html The DPL and the 'Fair Troll' business model: make money fighting patents with patents], May | + | ** [http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/05/dpl-and-fair-troll-business-model-make.html The DPL and the 'Fair Troll' business model: make money fighting patents with patents], 21 May 2010 |
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Revision as of 08:51, 18 August 2010
What this entry documents is not a solution.
This practice may be ineffective or useless in the long term.
ESP's position is that abolition of software patents is the only solution.
The Defensive Patent License (DPL) is a project being worked on by Jason Schultz and Jennifer Urban, two law professors at UC Berkeley. It was first publicly discussed at a conference on May 7th 2010. Despite the name, it proposes a membership organisation, not a licence.
Overview
None of the details are finalised, but points being discussed include:[1]
- Member companies would have to commit all their patents. Not just a chosen set, not just the patents of one department/affiliate of the company. (This aspect is still the subject of a lot of discussion)
- Members give all other members an irrevocable licence to freely use their patents.
- Members can leave, but this would not cancel the licences already granted during their membership.
Related pages on ESP Wiki
External links
- LWN.net article, discusses the DPL from the 9th paragraph onward, 30 Apr 2010
- The Defensive Patent License makes patents less evil for open source, 7 May 2010
- By Florian Mueller:
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