[sldev] Developer directory on secondlife.com

[Rob Lanphier]

On 3/13/07 9:15 PM, Jason Giglio wrote:
> Be aware that the current contribution agreement basically makes any
> patents you might hold or have the ability to license public domain,
> whether they are related to SL or not.
>
> This may not matter for you, but anyone with patents should beware.
Ummmmm.....how did you read that into it?  What the agreement says is
that if you own any patents which could be used to stop distribution of
your Contribution (see definition in the agreement), you have to give a
royalty-free patent license to all recipients.  This prevents someone
from getting us to implement their patent, and then shaking us down for
royalties after we become dependent on it.

Rob


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