[License-discuss] Grant of Patent License - Apache 2

Prashant Shah pshah.mumbai at gmail.com
Tue Feb 5 10:19:12 UTC 2013


Below is the text for "Grant of Patent License" copied verbatim from
the Apache License 2.

Does only the original Work get the patent grant ?. What happens to
the Derivative Works and Forks ?

   3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
      this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual,
      worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
      (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made,
      use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work,
      where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable
      by such Contributor that are necessarily infringed by their
      Contribution(s) alone or by combination of their Contribution(s)
      with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If You
      institute patent litigation against any entity (including a
      cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Work
      or a Contribution incorporated within the Work constitutes direct
      or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses
      granted to You under this License for that Work shall terminate
      as of the date such litigation is filed.

Regards.



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