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On 02/18/2012 07:35 PM, Clark C. Evans wrote:
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Perhaps the outcome here could be not approval of CC0 -- but
instead,
a CC00 or CIP0 public domain dedication that additionally includes
patent right abandonment as well?<br>
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I am still trying to understand why someone writing licenses for
Creative Commons felt that the trademark and patent rights of
someone dedicating material to the public domain were so important
that it was necessary to disclaim that they were being dedicated,
and <i>then </i>did not write anything about the right to exercise
the necessary patent claims into the waiver or the public license
fallback.<br>
<br>
I think we should ask CC to address the problem in a revision of the
document.<br>
<br>
I am not as concerned about the n-1 people who can still sue a
developer over patents as I am about the successors to the party
that uses the CC0 dedication. Historically, it's those folks who
decide their rights were violated and take action. This most
recently happened with the lawsuit directed at Arthur David Olsen by
Astrolabe over his use of un-copyrightable facts from the Shanks'
atlases in the timezone database.<br>
<br>
The fact that we can do nothing about an overwhelming majority does
not excuse us from dealing with the party that we <i>can </i>effect.<br>
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Thanks<br>
<br>
Bruce<br>
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