Thanks for the notification :) I'd be cautious: although it is a good step forward, it only encompasses 10 patents (all related to MapReduce which has already caused issues: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/01/googles-mapreduce-patent-what-does-it-mean-for-hadoop/). Google says it may someday extend this to other patents but nothing sure for now.
Ofc, Google has already taken stance in favour of a patent reform to 'foster innovation', as they phrase it, which is an anti patent troll strategy: http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.fr/2013/02/lets-defend-innovators-against-patent.html. They've come up with these four licensing strategies each trying to limit what a patent holder can do: http://www.google.com/patents/licensing/comparison/ To be honest, as I said, the Pledge is a good step forward. It does not -- nor does Google's work in favour of patent reform -- address the fundamental issue of software patents, a non-sense by design. My 2 cents, 2013/3/30 mosab.ah...@gmail.com <mosab.ah...@gmail.com> > Hi all, > > Google has started an initiative. They pledge not to sue any open source > developer if he/she/they infringe Google patents unless he/she/they start > assault on Google, and they encourage other people to take the same pledge. > > http://www.google.com/patents/opnpledge/ > > ----------------------* > Mosab Ahmad * > Entrepreneur in the make > > Cell : +201119942443 > E-mail : mosab.ah...@gmail.com > LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/in/mosab > github : https://github.com/mos3abof > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OpenEgypt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to openegypt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- "Change l'ordre du monde plutôt que tes désirs." http://de.linkedin.com/in/raynas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenEgypt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to openegypt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
