brainstorming

[Benjamin Rossen]

That might be so, but I am not interested in this casus. I am making a 
proposal for a new kind of Open Source License. Let is give it a name; the 
OSCA License (see www.amiculus.com to see what this name means) 

Now if you write code and release it under the OSCA License, then you shall be 
pleased to see it used for BAR, FOO, FIE and FIY.... and yes, even MSW. 

Because, when these people use your code, they are giving you the right to use 
the ideas, patterns, algorithms, and any other things they may have 
patented... at least those that are present in the package of software of 
theirs that contains your code, ideas, patterns, algorithms, and any other 
things that you have created and that might have been patentable had you the 
inclination to claim them.  

In fact, you would be hoping that as many people as possible use your code, 
because there is reciprocity in the contract. You shall be getting protection 
from prosecution in return. 

Of course you could go on releasing software under BSD license, but it seems 
you get only litigious results... if that is indeed where the BSD license 
takes you. 

When a contract works correctly, there is no litigation. Everyone knows how 
things work. I am trying to brainstorm with a the aim of bringing the looming 
patent wars to a dead stop before then get going. 

Benjamin 

On Friday 14 January 2005 20:09, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Suppose I'm writing FOO and release it under the BSD
> licence with advertising clause.
> Somebody takes FOO and makes BAR from it, releasing it
> under, say, the GNU GPL.
> 
> I'm not too enthusiastic about seeing my code in BAR
> and decide to go against this infringement.
> 
> Now eMails haven't helped, so I've got to go to court.
> 
> This is a random developer "taking legal action" against
> (a member of) the open source community.
>