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Unfortunately that logic seems to lead to a strategy of FUD in the direction of a different patent license, which if that approach is validated then leads to be
by koko775 9y ago
Unfortunately that logic seems to lead to a strategy of FUD in the direction of a different patent license, which if that approach is validated then leads to being less open doesn't it?
- gcp 9y agoI don't get what you are saying entirely, but companies like Microsoft and Broadcom, of all places, have given patent licenses with their open source work that were not as one-sided as Facebook's was. If Microsoft and Broadcom are better OSS+patents citizens then you are, you have a serious problem.
- chrisco255 9y agoUnlike Microsoft, Facebook hasn't gone around demanding royalties: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3042699/open-source-tools/microsoft-loves-open-source-only-when-its-convenient.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3042699/open-source-tools/...
- gcp 9y agoMicrosoft hasn't demanded royalties for things covered under their patent license (duh). That article is just another reminder why one cannot afford to give Facebook a pass on this.
- chrisco255 9y agoFacebook owns thousands of patents and thus far, has not been aggressive with them. They have only been used defensively.