Proposed new OSD item - patent termination

[Arnoud Engelfriet]

Bruce Perens wrote:
> In some cases, the copyright license, not just the patent grant, should 
> terminate upon a software patent suit.

But in the APSL, the copyright license terminates over _any_
patent suit. Not just a software patent suit. Is that still
reasonable? 

And I'm not even sure if you _can_ drag completely unrelated
patent litigation into a copyright license. 

Arnoud

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