From: Pit Capitain <pit@...>
Date: 2005-01-23T04:45:00+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Open Source Licenses against Software Patents

Dido Sevilla schrieb:
> This makes any such prospective license discriminatory, and hence not
> a valid Free Software or Open Source license. If your goal is to
> prevent a patent holder from getting to you, licenses with a mutual
> termination clause such as the MPL or the upcoming GPLv.3 (so I hear)
> will serve. But what you seem to want is in violation of the essence
> of what makes a license a Free/Open Source license in the first place.

Thanks everybody for answering. It was an interesting read. I'll think about 
Dido's remarks and will have a look at the other licenses that were mentioned.

_pit the mindless sheep  :-)