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So ... if Google had won the patents, was their plan to just release them into the wild? Or would they be defending them, just as these other companies are doi
by jawns 15y ago
So ... if Google had won the patents, was their plan to just release them into the wild? Or would they be defending them, just as these other companies are doing?
- sorbus 15y agoBased on what they publicly said, it would probably be something like granting a license to anyone who asked which would be revoked if they sued Google. It would probably have been very much like the license for WebM[1]. [1] http://www.webmproject.org/license/additional/ http://www.webmproject.org/license/additional/
- kizel 15y agoThey seem to be taking a defensive stance. The WebM pool is a step in the right direction. Interesting to see this blog post on the heels of Google buying 1000 patents from IBM. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/in-battle-for-patents-google-buys-a-batch-from-i-b-m/?WT.mc_id=DB-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M212-ROS-0811-PH&WT.mc_ev=click http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/in-battle-for-patents...