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Re: OSD #6 (fields of endeavor) and research vs commercial rights

Bob Scheifler
Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:18:43 -0700

Thanks for the response.

My take on the discrimination against fields of
endeavor means that a license can't be restricted for
use in any particular industry.

The phrasing of term #6, as well as the written rationale for it, seem to me to be broader than particular industry. The term itself gives two examples, "used in a business" (which I take to mean "commercial use") and "genetic research" (which I take to be an example of "particular industry"), I assume because they are not equivalent examples. The rationale talks specifically about commercial use in the broad.

- Bob

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