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A conference on software patents and free softwareA conference on software patents and free softwarePosted May 1, 2010 1:42 UTC (Sat) by nybble41 (subscriber, #55106)In reply to: A conference on software patents and free software by Simetrical Parent article: A conference on software patents and free software
What about smaller players? Would you have to contribute a patent to join? Could individual developers join?
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A conference on software patents and free software Posted May 2, 2010 1:36 UTC (Sun) by Simetrical (guest, #53439) [Link]
You'd want to set up some rule saying that you can't use the organization's patents to sue someone unless they held patents but refused to contribute them to the pool, or something like that. So if you didn't hold any patents, there'd be no reason to join, I guess. Obviously you don't want everyone in the world forced to fill out some forms and join the organization to be immune from patent lawsuits.
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