"Peterson, Scott K (HP Legal)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

[...]

> For any "us" that does not own a patent that applies to software
> licensed under the Apache license, section 5 provides no benefit
> whatsoever. The benefit provided by section 5 is a benefit that only
> applies to patent owners: if you don't have a patent (in particular, if
> you don't have a patent that applies to the Apache-licensed software),
> then you aren't granting any license that is terminated by section 5;
> section 5 gives you neither leverage nor other benefit. 

Perhaps section 5 could be reworked around the idea that "ALL patent
rights granted by this license will be revoked should ANY patent
infringement claim be made against ANY portion of this Work".

-- 
Joe Schaefer

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