Common Public License (IBM) Patent License Clause 2(b)

[Carter Bullard]

Gentle people,

Assuming that the IBM license is cool (and the CPL)
would there be any problem to removing the patent license
clause 2(b) and references to it in the General Section and
getting OSI certification?

This would remove only the patent license, not any license
to do the Open Thing, and clause 2(c) would cover the rest?

So is 2(b) a requirement? Opinions?

Carter

Carter Bullard
QoSient, LLC
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New York, New York  10022

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