Thomas DeWeese wrote: > [...] where such license applies only to those patent claims > licensable by such Contributor that are necessarily infringed > by their Contribution(s) alone or by combination of their > Contribution(s) with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was > submitted. > > The troubling part of this is the 'by combination of their > Contributions(s) with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was > submitted.' The question is does this apply retroactively?
My reading of that phrase is only the patents embodied in the Contribution are licensed. The license permits combining the Contribution with the Work, but does not require licensing of patents in the (rest of the) Work. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/
