Proposed new OSD item - patent termination

[Matthew Garrett]

No copyright license termination on unrelated patent action

The copyright license must not terminate if patent action unrelated to
the licensed software is initiated against the licensor.

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The APSL contains a term that terminates the entire license if you
initiate patent action against Apple. Apple manufacture hardware - if
they infringe a hardware patent I hold, I'm not able to sue them if I
want to carry on using any software they produced. Open source licenses
shouldn't restrict my rights to perform reasonable acts (such as sue a
hardware manufacturer for patent infringement).

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org