Hi Elvin, IANAL, so I'm having trouble reading some finer points of the MOSPL.
3.a specifies a non-transferable patent license. If we have a patent on something in the Firefox source tree, does that mean that Linux users who receive source copies of Firefox from their distribution are not covered under the MOSPL, or does Mozilla somehow automatically grant this person an individual license? 4.a sounds very similar to the much-hated Facebook policy of the licenses immediately revoking upon bringing a claim -- so that if one uses Mozilla software, we are effectively free to infringe upon their patents. But the language used is extremely vague, and doesn't specify that the claim need be brought against *Mozilla*. The text reads that if you bring any claim against anyone, ever, even in a non-software domain, this license is revoked. Is that how it's supposed to be read? Thanks, Sean On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 6:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Over the past few months, we've thinking about Mozilla's contribution to > addressing the problem of patents on open source software (see our original > post here: > https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2015/04/15/open-source-software-and-the-patent-system/). > Today, we're excited to launch our proposal to the solution, the Mozilla > Open Software Patent Initiative and Mozilla Open Software Patent License > ("MOSPL"). We'd love feedback on both the initiative and the license. You > can read more here: https://www.mozilla.org/about/patents/ > > Additionally, if you have any questions we can answer, please also let us > know. Looking forward to hearing your feedback! > > Thanks, > Elvin > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
