Google has been pushing for that a long while, but they've been pushing defensive patents and huge cross license agreements with everyone who will join. This is

Google has been pushing for that a long while, but they've been pushing defensive patents and huge cross license agreements with everyone who will join. This is to keep the damage the patent system does contained as much as they can while the US government moves at it's glacial pace. https://www.theverge.com/2012/10/9/3479492/google-software-patent-reform https://www.theverge.com/2012/10/9/3479492/google-software-p...