For Approval: Broad Institute Public License (BIPL)

[Karin Rivard]

We can definitely consider that. Thanks.

At 03:00 PM 10/18/2006, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>That still allows MIT to deliberately provide an exclusive license 
>for technologies implemented in BIPL code, as long as the express 
>purpose is something other than pursuing BIPL licensees.  There are 
>still other possible purposes, such as revenue for MIT.
>
>I think "Notwithstanding the foregoing, Initial Contributor shall 
>not knowingly exclusively license the Patent Claims" would be better.
>
>Matthew Flaschen
>
>Karin Rivard wrote:
>This language
>>would replace the current 2.1 in the attached license agreement.
>>     "2.1   Subject to third party intellectual property claims, the
>>     Initial Developer hereby grants You, as of the Effective Date, a
>>     world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license:
>>     (a) under intellectual property rights (other than patent or
>>     trademark) Licensable by Initial Developer, to run, reproduce,
>>     modify, display, perform, sublicense, and distribute the Original
>>     Code (or portions thereof) with or without Modifications, and/or as
>>     part of a Larger Work; and
>>     (b) under Patent Claims Licensable by Initial Developer that are
>>     infringed by the exercise of the license granted under Section
>>     2.1(a), and solely to the extent necessary to exercise the license
>>     granted under Section 2.1(a), to make, use, sell, offer for sale, or
>>     import the Original Code (or portions thereof) with or without
>>     Modifications, and/or as part of a Larger Work.  The license granted
>>     in this subsection shall be limited and superseded from time to time
>>     by any exclusive licenses in such Patent Claims granted by Initial
>>     Developer to third parties after the date of this license grant to
>>     You.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Initial Contributor shall not
>>     exclusively license the Patent Claims for the express purpose of
>>     pursuing Contributors to, distributors of, or users of the Covered
>>     Code."
>>Thank you.
>>--Karin
>>__________________________________________________
>>Karin K. Rivard, Asst. Director and Counsel
>>MIT Technology Licensing Office, Room NE25-230
>>Five Cambridge Center, Kendall Square
>>Cambridge, MA 02142
>>Phone:  (617) 253-6966; Fax: (617) 258-6790
>>Email:  rivard at mit.edu

__________________________________________________
Karin K. Rivard, Asst. Director and Counsel
MIT Technology Licensing Office, Room NE25-230
Five Cambridge Center, Kendall Square
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone:  (617) 253-6966; Fax: (617) 258-6790
Email:  rivard at mit.edu
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