Simon Phipps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Feb 11, 2007, at 01:03, Christopher Mahan wrote:
>
> > The CDDL clause on forcing an entity to stop using CDDL software in
> > case the company sues for patent infringement is, in my opinion, a
> > gross poison pill, onerous to the small company whose patents are
> > being infringed upon. You and I may not agree that patents on
> > software should even exist, but the reality is that they do, and are
> > an important asset in today's world. Forcing a company not to use the
> > CDDL in the event such company wants to sue to protect its right is,
> > in my humble opinion, worse of an infringement on freedom than any of
> > the GPL2's terms.
>
> Can you clarify for me why the patent-related terms in CDDL are more
> onerous than those in section 7 of the GPLv2, please?
Worse is GPL §8, it makes a program definitely non-free and non OSI
compliant if an author choses to make use of it.
Jörg
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