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>I am passing all patents into the public domain. I’d like to say a few words about why. Honest question: How does that work? Is it enough for the author to sa

• a_t48 8y ago
  He pushed https://github.com/raphlinus/spiro/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT https://github.com/raphlinus/spiro/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT which should definitely be enough. :)
  • DoctorOetker 8y ago
    if they are truly in the public domain, one doesn't need to respect any licensing?
    • femto113 8y ago
      For the patents yes, but the code is still copyrighted, so the new Apache/MIT licenses apply. They’re quite permissive though so I can’t imagine many uses that would run afoul of them.
• raphlinus 8y ago
  It's a fine question. In the past, I've had a lawyer draft a patent grant (this was in 2000, there's a bit on my Wikipedia page about it). This time, I did two things. First, and to make it legally very crisp, I used an Apache 2 license, which comes with an explicit patent grant. Second, renewal is coming up for the Spiro patent, and I'm not renewing it. Nor am I pursuing the provisional on the new spline work. These will take a few months to become legally binding, as theoretically I could change my mind, but the first I think makes it official right now.