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RE: DEPLOY: Microsoft Royalty Free Sender ID Patent License FAQ

2004-08-24 17:21:49

I'm sorry, but the [L]GPL incompatibility couldn't be more 
unambiguous:

1.  Choice of law restrictions, choice of venue restrictions, 
and poison
    pills are widely understood to be incompatible with the [L]GPL.

The issue for this group is whether the license restrictions are
reasonable or not. 

Compatibility with a specific license is not a requirement, still
less compatibility with fanciful interpretations thereof.

The language clause in the Patent license only affects the patent
license, it does not constrain the choice of law in the license 
terms of any code.

Asking for a professional lawyer to produce a license that does
not have a language clause to govern its own interpretation is a 
ridiculous demand.


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