| From: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Nico Williams <nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: How can we submit code patches that implement our (pending) patents? |
| Date: | 2018-07-12 01:33:21 |
| Message-ID: | CAMsr+YFhh_C=D-ek9PnC9O570hBWPJ+Qde=ZAe0-6FpwTgsjiQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On 12 July 2018 at 09:10, Tsunakawa, Takayuki <
tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com> wrote:
> From: Nico Williams [mailto:nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com]
> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:29:12AM +0000, Tsunakawa, Takayuki wrote:
> > > How can one make defensive use of his patent if he allows everyone to
> > > use it royalty-free? Can he use his patent for cross-licensing
> > > negotiation if some commercial database vendor accuses his company
> > > that PostgreSQL unintentionally infringes that vendor's patent?
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_termination
>
> Thank you, his looks reasonable to give everyone the grant. Then, I
> wonder if the community can accept patented code if the patent holder
> grants this kind of license.
Personally, I'd be in favour, but the core team has spoken here. I'm not
privy to the discussion but the outcome seems firm.
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Craig Ringer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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