4 ms·
No, it is not. If you sue people with software patent, I’m happy you lose that ability.
by halfteatree 9y ago
No, it is not. If you sue people with software patent, I’m happy you lose that ability.
- imtringued 9y agoYeah but the protection only applies to facebook. You can still sue github and everyone else. We can clearly conclude that facebook is selfishly doing this for their own benefit and not because of an altruistic reason like a world without patents. So in reality what you're saying means: "If you sue facebook with any patent, I’m happy you lose that ability. If you sue any other company other than facebook, I’m happy you keep that ability."
- halfteatree 9y agoAnd now github is using the same license too :)
- bigleagueposter 9y agoI don't have any patents why should I give a fuck about people who want to steal money from facebook?
- neilparikh 9y agoThis covers all patents, including non-software patents, so you lose the ability to sue for non-software patents as well. Are you happy with that?
- halfteatree 9y agoBut that is not even the point -- when facebook invokes the nullification clauses in the patent grant, you're simply back to no patent grant, at all. How is having a patent grant not strictly better? No, I'm not happy with that, but that is also not what's happening here. You're still welcome to sue Facebook if you want, but you'd lose all patent licensed to you in the PATENT file. I'm also not happy with spreading FUD. Bringing up non-software patent is a strawman.