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It's more like, you patent a saddle for ants to ride bees and use react as the UI to control the warmth of the ant seat. Facebook makes a similar bee saddle. Yo
by odammit 9y ago
It's more like, you patent a saddle for ants to ride bees and use react as the UI to control the warmth of the ant seat. Facebook makes a similar bee saddle. You sue Facebook, and they revoke your rights to react.
Hope that makes it clear.
Edit: I've been drinking.
- notacoward 9y ago> You sue Facebook, and they revoke your rights to react. Except that's not what happens. What would really happen is that the patent grant would be revoked, but the license to the software (a matter of copyright) would remain in force. So they could sue you for patent infringement, just as they could always have done under most other licenses, but not copyright infringement. Under most other licenses they could even have sued you first, but they gave up that right. In fact, that's the only effect of the much-maligned patent grant. It's a pure giveaway compared to what the situation would be without it.
- odammit 9y agoCan you please explain with regard to bee saddles?
- notacoward 9y agoI regret that I am unqualified to comment on bee saddles.
- edoceo 9y agoMade from newt leather, English, Tack, four stirrups, left handed bridle.
- odammit 9y agoJust had an awkward Starbucks lol, followed by googling how many legs an ant has. Thanks for this :D
- chaostheory 9y ago> So they could sue you for patent infringement Let's change this to Facebook will sue you for patent infringement. This was never theoretical and it's rational for Facebook, if you read the post.
- abritinthebay 9y agoThis is fundamentally wrong and you don’t understand the license. Stop spreading FUD
- odammit 9y agoOh my mistake, thanks for the elaborate clarification!