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http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#patents http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#patents > If you or your employer own the rights to a patent and wo
by legulere 12y ago
http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#patents http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#patents
> If you or your employer own the rights to a patent and would like to contribute code to LLVM that relies on it, we require that the copyright owner sign an agreement that allows any other user of LLVM to freely use your patent.
- nitrogen 12y agoA copyright license that includes an explicit patent license would allow non-LLVM users to use the patents as well, as they would need to be able to in order to exercise their rights under the LLVM copyright license and use LLVM code in something that is not LLVM.