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Re: bsd license question



On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Ben Goren wrote:

> Let me try again.
>
> The question of patents is one between you and the people who
> contribute to Apache. It is *not* between you and the people who *use*
> Apache.

And we agree that, with the 2.0 version it is, as clause 3, and in
particular the last sentence, does not refer to a 'contributor' but to
'you' - the *user*ers of apache too ?

> > 6. Trademarks. This License does not grant permission to use the trade
..
> With this clause, the only rights one has to use Apache trademarks is
> that granted by the license. Those rights happen to be pretty similar
> to those currently granted by trademark law, but not quite. Presumably,

Right - and this is a serious issue which is more than a little debatable
- although greatly helps acceptance of the license outside the US.

Thanks for taking time for all the feedback - very very useful.

Dw.
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Dirk-Willem van Gulik