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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 9 years ago 2014-11-13 15:52:45
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Comment out text that may or may not be useful.

I'm not sure this text is actually useful, so I've commented it out.

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 downstream shielding provision, lobbied for the addition of the source code
 availability option, so it remains.
 % FIXME-URGENT: integrate
 % FIXME-LATER: This text is likely redundant and a bit confusing.  Needs work
 % to use.
 If A takes a patent license from B that benefits A only, rather than A’s
 customers or their distributees, A imposes risk from B’s patents on others
 that it does not suffer itself. Under many circumstances, this is an
 acceptable outcome. If, however, A is the only possible source of the
 program, by taking such a license and distributing in reliance on it, A is in
 effect helping B to ``take the program private.''
 % FIXME-URGENT: end
 %% If A takes a patent license from B that benefits A only, rather than A’s
 %% customers or their distributees, A imposes risk from B’s patents on others
 %% that it does not suffer itself. Under many circumstances, this is an
 %% acceptable outcome. If, however, A is the only possible source of the
 %% program, by taking such a license and distributing in reliance on it, A is in
 %% effect helping B to ``take the program private.''
 % FIXME-LATER: end
 Meanwhile, two specific alternatives to the source code availability option
 are also available. The distributor may comply by disclaiming the patent

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