APSL 1.1 available for comment.

Ken Arromdee arromdee at inetnow.net
Tue Apr 20 03:10:35 UTC 1999


On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Brian Behlendorf wrote:
> Second, does the license need to define "claim" as "claim filed in a court
> of law", or is that obvious from the wording?

"Obvious from the wording" is dangerous.  Far better that it be said
explicitly so we don't have to worry about it.

> But under patent law, as I
> understand it, that's not good enough - we have to expend some sort of
> reasonable effort to get people to STOP using the old, infringing version.

If the license doesn't let Apple withdraw anything, how in the world could
"reasonable effort" require that Apple withdraw anything?





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