> On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 08:00:25PM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: >> > *trademark* >> > unfairly and without permission. >> >> If I remember correctly, I pulled this clause from some existing license >> -- perhaps an IBM license. I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is >> that >> intellectual property right does not include copyright -- if it does, >> then > > In the USA, at least, it usually does. > >> the clause does not do what I intended, because I have nothing against >> copyrights. > > It vaguely resembles this in the Postfix license: > > If Recipient institutes patent litigation against a Contributor with > respect to a patent applicable to software (including a cross-claim or > counterclaim in a lawsuit), then any patent licenses granted by that > Contributor to such Recipient under this Agreement shall terminate > as of the date such litigation is filed. In addition, If Recipient > institutes patent litigation against any entity (including a > cross-claim > or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Program itself > (excluding > combinations of the Program with other software or hardware) infringes > such Recipient's patent(s), then such Recipient's rights granted under > Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed. > > But this clause doesn't mention everybody globally.
Hmmm. I don't think I have ever seen the Postfix license, but someone else has probably picked it up, and applying it more globally is almost surely something I have added. In any case, I have now deleted that clause from my current working copy. > > -- John > Best regards, Kern -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
