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NASA concludes first Open Source Summit, aims to make openness the default
- rch 16y agoNASA is doing some strange things... I've been using CLIPS as a library in expert systems for years. So, when NASA announced that they were set to auction off some patents related to expert systems, I started to wonder... What would happen if a government entity released innovative code under a BSD/MIT style license, but at some point decided to patent some key potential use cases? If the patents then found their way into a corporation, early adopters might be left in an awkward position. That is somewhat obliquely worded, but you get the gist. So, I'd say that if NASA wants 'to make openness the default' they need to start with their IP policies.
- kenneth_reitz 16y agoThey would likely go for the Apache license, which, while much longer, provides precise rules for Patents.