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in this subsection shall be limited and superseded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