[oslc] License grant option in addition to covenant

[Olivier Berger]

Hi.

Le jeudi 09 décembre 2010 à 12:42 -0500, Scott Bosworth a écrit :
> When it comes to IP matters, OSLC workgroup participants (typically
> their employers) agree to two things today:
> 
> (1) that contributions to the community are made under a Creative
> Commons copyright license, and 
> (2) to make an IP Covenant (a promise) not to file patent claims
> against implementations of an OSLC specification 
> 
> These things in combination allow for a free flowing specification
> authoring process and a tangible form of encouragement of OSLC spec
> implementations.
> 

Is there a FAQ for "non lawyers", somewhere ?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
-- 
Olivier BERGER <olivier.berger at it-sudparis.eu>
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Ingénieur Recherche - Dept INF
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