On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, dmolnar wrote:
> > more that... anyone can implicitly license the patent (i.e you have
> > _already_ given permission) if they are prepared to make a "full
> > disclosure" of all intellectual property used in an implementation of a
> > product atht uses the patent.
>
> Can I offer a general license of this type now, if I hold a patent?
anyone know any good lawyers?
> What I'm trying to determine is why a new law is needed to provide
> for this kind of license. It would be better if no new law is required;
> then patent holders could be persuaded to offer such licenses right now.
if that's the case, that would be very, very good: it immediately solves
the problem.
> or did you mean that _every_ patent would be under GPL by default?
no, every patent specifically requested by the registerer / owner of the
patent be under the GPL license by default.
