Gabriel Sechan wrote:
I've said it before, I'll say it again- FOSS needs to fight fire with
fire. Companies make giant patent databases and cross-license them as a
nuclear option. We need to do the same. Make a database of patents by
FOSS devs that we agree to license to any program meeting the
fundamental freedoms. Set up a non-profit to whom those patents are
assigned, and let them cross-license with the big corps in exchange for
licenses to their patents.
We already use the GPL to fight fire with fire in respect to copyright.
Its time to do the same for patents.
Gabe
It's already being done. A non-profit has been set up and recently
negotiated the acquisition of some non-trivial software patents. I don't
remember where I saw this, but probably on either/and Slashdot or
Groklaw within the last six months or less.
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