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Presumably that Oracle will sue them for patent infringement several years down the line when the claimed damages is far higher.
by nbevans 10y ago
Presumably that Oracle will sue them for patent infringement several years down the line when the claimed damages is far higher.
- reitanqild 10y agoApache should be fairly experienced in ip law matters. It is one of the reasons why being part of Apache is attractive to projects.
- sangnoir 10y agoOracle is likely to sue the users of Apache Netbeans, rather than Apache itself, and The ASF will not be in a position to do anything. After all, Oracle is on the record for sueing Google for using an Apache project (Apache Harmony).
- rectang 10y agoThe patent provisions of the Apache License 2.0 address the possibility of submarine patents. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0#patent http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0#patent An entity which contributes to an ALv2 project and then sues over a patent which reads on their contribution loses the the patent license grants from other contributors, effectively locking them out of the project.